Senior Data Engineer at FanDuel

City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, SQL, Spark, Data Pipelines, ETL, Data Quality, AWS, Google Cloud, Agile, Data Transformation, Monitoring, Alerting, Machine Learning, Data Structures, Metadata, Dependency Management

Industry

Entertainment Providers

Description

THE POSITION FanDuel is looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer with deep understanding of large-scale data handling and processing best practices in a cloud environment to help us build scalable systems. As our data is a key component of the business used by almost every facet of the company, including product development, marketing, operations, and finance. It is vital that we deliver robust solutions that ensure reliable access to data with a focus on quality and availability. Our competitive edge comes from making decisions based on accurate and timely data and your work will provide access to that data across the whole company. Looking ahead to the next phase of our data platform we are keen to do more with real time data processing and working with our data scientists to create machine learning pipelines THE GAME PLAN Everyone on our team has a part to play Build & Maintain Data Pipelines Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and stream data pipelines to support analytics and business operations that can easily support millions of transactions during peak business hours. Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code and test cases using tools like Python, SQL, and Spark. Ensure data is reliable, accurate, and delivered in a timely manner. Collaborate Across Teams Work with data analysts, data scientists, and product managers to understand requirements and deliver actionable data solutions Translate business questions into engineering tasks and contribute to technical planning. Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and retrospectives as part of an agile team. Data Quality & Operations Monitor data pipelines and troubleshoot issues in a timely, systematic manner Implement data quality checks and contribute to observability and testing practices Document data sources, transformations, and architecture decisions to support long-term maintainability THE STATS What we’re looking for in our next teammate 5+ years of experience writing Python scripts 5+ years' experience working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management Show proficiency understanding complex ETL processes Demonstrate the ability to optimize processes (ram vs io) Knowledge of data integrity and relational rules Experience in setting up self-healing and resilient data pipelines using Airflow, monitoring and alerting using Monte Carlo, PagerDuty and DataDog. Understanding of AWS and Google Cloud Ability to quickly learn new technologies is critical Proficiency with agile or lean development practices PLAYER CONTRACT We treat our team right 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 another 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. 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). 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. FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com. 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!

Responsibilities

The Senior Data Engineer will build and maintain scalable data pipelines to support analytics and business operations. They will collaborate with various teams to deliver actionable data solutions and ensure data quality and reliability.