Senior Data Engineer

THE POSITION
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Our competitive edge comes from making decisions based on accurate and timely data. As a Senior Data Engineer in Core Data Infrastructure, you will work alongside other engineers to ensure the proper upkeep of our analytic platforms within the FanDuel organization by establishing platform governance and feature improvements to enable the business.

Collaboration is at the core of your role. You will have established analytic engineer capabilities as well as enablement skills to allow for data process excellence in the organization. In this role, you will be working closely with the data users across the organization to ensure the adoption of platform best practices. You’ll also be expected to influence the team to invent, evolve, and/or deprecate data solutions.

You should have a passion for imparting knowledge by working with analysts to improve data processes and to minimize areas of risk across our platforms. You will show a pragmatic approach to problem-solving; your experience should be built on a solid foundation of engineering development and analytic best practices.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Lead regular design and code reviews to enforce development best practices and ensure high-quality, maintainable pipelines across the team.
• Monitor and optimize job and query performance in Databricks and Airflow, identifying bottlenecks and implementing scalable solutions.
• Contribute to the architecture and design of modern data platform solutions leveraging Databricks and Airflow, with a focus on performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Author and maintain clear documentation on pipeline architecture, operational workflows, data models, and platform configurations.
• Partner with leadership to drive adoption of modern platform features and implement data governance standards across the organization.
• Design and implement production-grade data pipelines for real-time and batch workloads, including infrastructure and operational monitoring.
• Mentor junior engineers by promoting platform best practices, sharing design patterns, and encouraging innovation and ownership.
• Communicate platform insights and improvements through dashboards, models, or concise reports that help stakeholders make data-driven decisions.
  
  
  

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• 5+ years of development experience in a core programming language, preferably Python, with strong skills in coding, debugging, and testing.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks or an equivalent big data platform (e.g., GCP BigQuery, AWS Redshift), including:
  • Building and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines in Delta Lake or similar data lake formats.
  • Familiarity with Unity Catalog, SQL Warehouses, and performance tuning in Databricks.
• 5+ years of experience using Apache Airflow (preferably with Astronomer or MWAA), including:
  • Designing modular, idempotent, production-ready DAGs.
  • Experience with dynamic DAG generation, task retries, and sensor management.
• Strong experience working in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP, including:
  • Proficiency in cloud-native services such as S3, IAM, Lambda, EventBridge, and Secrets Manager.
  • Understanding of cloud networking, security, and data storage best practices.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform, for managing Airflow and Databricks deployments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, particularly as they relate to data platform tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Buildkite).
• Exposure to data quality, observability, and lineage tools, such as Monte Carlo or Datafold.
• Working knowledge of dbt and its role in the modern data stack, especially when integrated with Databricks.
• Experience building REST APIs or microservices to support data access or automate platform operations.
  
  
  

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.  

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

The applicable salary range for this position is $138,000 - $181,650 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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