Senior Data Engineer
As a Senior Data Engineer, the successful candidate will build the data capabilities that power regulatory reporting, financial operations, and intelligent experiences across the DraftKings platform. This role involves creating scalable data infrastructure that transforms complex transactional data into trusted, reporting-ready datasets while helping shape the future of the modern data platform.
Working across Engineering, Compliance, Analytics, and business teams, the Senior Data Engineer will solve complex technical challenges, improve how data flows across the organisation, and build the foundation that enables AI-powered experiences and smarter decision-making.
- Build scalable, high-performance data infrastructure that transforms complex transactional and financial data into trusted, reporting-ready datasets supporting regulatory reporting, financial operations, and business insights.
- Develop reliable data solutions that prioritise accuracy, completeness, traceability, and auditability while supporting regulatory compliance and highly governed business processes.
- Leverage AI throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity, enhance data quality, and build trusted data products that enable AI-powered applications and natural language access to data.
- Partner with Engineering, Compliance, Analytics, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable, analytics-ready data models and solutions.
- Design, optimise, and maintain modern data models while championing best practices for data quality, governance, observability, and platform reliability.
- Build and optimise modern cloud-based data pipelines and streaming solutions using technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, or similar distributed data platforms.
- Drive engineering best practices for data transformation, streaming, platform performance, and operational excellence while mentoring teammates and contributing to the continued growth of the Data Engineering Team.
- Collaborate in an agile environment to deliver scalable, resilient solutions that evolve alongside business priorities and platform capabilities.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience (required)
- At least 3 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable data platforms and distributed data systems (required)
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with hands-on experience developing both real-time and batch data processing solutions (required)
- Experience building modern cloud-based data platforms using technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, or similar distributed data processing and streaming technologies (required)
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably Amazon Web Services (AWS), along with infrastructure and DevOps tools such as Terraform, PagerDuty, and Datadog (required)
- Deep understanding of modern data architecture, including data warehousing, data lakes, ETL frameworks, and scalable data modeling techniques (required)
- Experience building trusted data solutions that support financial operations, regulatory reporting, auditability, reconciliation, or other highly governed data domains (required)
- Experience supporting CFTC-regulated markets or financial services (preferred)
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies to automate workflows, build intelligent agents, and accelerate software development (required)
- Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while partnering effectively across technical and business teams (required)
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans
- Wellbeing program with access to Lyra Mental Health, the Calm App, and virtual yoga classes
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support
- Care.com partnership for backup childcare
- Family planning support including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments
- Flexible PTO for US-based employees
- Pet insurance
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Financial planning resources including 401(k) matching and Origin Financial
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement program
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.
