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Are you ready to take your data engineering skills to the next level? FanDuel Group is seeking a talented Staff Data Engineer to lead the technical design and implementation of our most critical data infrastructure and products. As a senior-level individual contributor, 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.

The Game Plan

At FanDuel Group, we're all about winning – but not just on the field. We believe in building a team of talented individuals who are passionate about innovation and customer-centricity. As our next Staff Data Engineer, you'll be part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

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

Drive Engineering Best Practices

  • 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

We're looking for someone with:

  • 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

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. Our portfolio of leading brands includes 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 our daily fantasy sports product.

We're 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). Our global offices are located in Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

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
  • Opportunities to learn from the best in the business
  • A dynamic company culture that values teamwork, innovation, and customer-centricity