Data Engineer
FanDuel is looking for a Data Engineer to join its growing data engineering team. The role focuses on building the pipelines and infrastructure that power analytics, machine learning, and business decision-making across the company.
In this role, the Data Engineer will own the design, development, and maintenance of reliable data systems. The position involves collaborating with stakeholders to support high-impact data use cases and requires a strong technical contributor who enjoys working with data at scale, solving practical problems, and independently executing projects.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines to support analytics and business operations.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code using tools like Python, SQL, and Spark.
- Ensure data is reliable, accurate, and delivered in a timely manner.
- Lead projects to build or improve well-scoped data products.
- Work with data analysts, data scientists, and product managers to understand and clarify ambiguous requirements to 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.
- Contribute to team-wide best practices.
- Monitor data pipelines and troubleshoot issues in a timely, systematic manner.
- Drive reliability and continuous improvement of data platforms and pipelines.
- Implement data quality checks and contribute to observability and testing practices.
- Document data sources, transformations, and architecture decisions to support long-term maintainability.
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or software engineering with a focus on data (required).
- Strong SQL skills (required).
- Familiarity with at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala (required).
- Hands-on experience with modern data tools such as Databricks, Airflow, dbt, Spark, or Kafka (required).
- Understanding of data modeling concepts, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT best practices (required).
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure (required).
- Experience supporting BI, analytics, or data science teams (preferred).
- Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and collaborative development workflows (preferred).
- Exposure to data governance, privacy, or compliance practices (preferred).
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and contribute to the growth of the team (preferred).
- Health plans including programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave.
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities.
- 401k with up to a 5% match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Pet insurance.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 14 paid company holidays.
- Paid sick time in accordance with state and federal laws.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. 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).