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Lead Data Engineer - FanDuel Careers

Lead Data Engineer - FanDuel Careers

FanDuelNew York, NY, US
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At FanDuel Group, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We're dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does "winning" look like at FanDuel? It's recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we'll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of "We Are One Team" runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

We are seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the technical design and implementation of our most critical data infrastructure and products. In this senior-level individual contributor role, you'll be responsible for designing scalable systems, setting data architecture standards, and solving complex technical challenges that power analytics, data science, and business function use cases across the company.

You will work closely with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to architect data solutions that are performant, reliable, and built with a long-term, customer-centric mindset.

If you're excited by this challenge and want to work within a dynamic company, then we'd love to hear from you.

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

Architect High-Impact Data Systems

  • Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and secure batch & streaming data pipelines and architectures that support enterprise-wide data needs
  • Define standards for data modeling, data product design, and pipeline orchestration using modern tools and cloud-native technologies
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and analytical requirements into end-to-end data solutions
  • Establish and enforce engineering best practices around code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment
  • Contribute to the evolution of the data platform, ensuring systems are modular, interoperable, and resilient
  • Lead technical design and code reviews, mentoring peers and raising the bar for engineering excellence

Lead Strategic Initiatives

  • Partner with data platform teams, analytics, and data science to deliver reusable data assets and shared infrastructure
  • Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks in the current data platform and propose improvements that reduce complexity and boost performance
  • Drive initiatives that improve data quality, lineage, observability, and system reliability
  • Influence and Collaborate Across Teams

  • Act as a technical liaison between engineering, product, and analytics teams, ensuring alignment on architecture and data strategy
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to other data engineers and contribute to the team's overall growth and maturity
  • Help evaluate and onboard new technologies, frameworks, and practices to keep our stack modern and efficient
  • THE STATS

    What we're looking for in our next teammate

  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building scalable data systems and platforms.
  • Strong expertise in modern data tools and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark, Databricks, dbt, Airflow, and cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Deep understanding of streaming architectures, distributed systems, ETL / ELT pipelines, and data modeling.
  • Proficiency at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala) and SQL
  • Demonstrated experience owning complex technical systems end-to-end, from design through production
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing data platforms that support analytics, machine learning, and operational workloads
  • Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and compliance frameworks
  • Background in customer-centric or product-driven environments (e.g., digital, eCommerce, SaaS)
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and data platform observability (e.g., Terraform)
  • 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 recognised brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE : FLUT).

    What You Can Expect

  • Interesting work
  • working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons

  • A sense of achievement
  • Our teams own their own software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created

  • Personal development
  • clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.

  • Belonging
  • everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together and have lots of fun doing it.

  • Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work
  • Great financial package
  • Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.

    The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don't have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we'd love to speak to you!

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