Staff Data Engineer
FanDuel is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the technical design and implementation of its most critical data infrastructure and products. In this senior-level individual contributor role, the successful candidate will 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.
FanDuel expects the individual to 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.
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and secure batch and streaming data pipelines and architectures that support enterprise-wide data needs.
- Define standards for data modelling, 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.
- 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.
- 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 the stack modern and efficient.
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building scalable data systems and platforms that support ML, Analytics and AI use cases (required).
- Strong expertise in modern data tools and frameworks such as Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) (required).
- Deep understanding of data modelling, distributed systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, and streaming architectures (required).
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Scala, or Java) (required).
- Demonstrated experience owning complex technical systems end-to-end, from design through production (required).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences (required).
- Experience designing data platforms that support analytics, machine learning, and operational workload (preferred).
- Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and compliance frameworks (preferred).
- Background in customer-centric or product-driven environments (e.g., digital, eCommerce, SaaS) (preferred).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and data platform observability (e.g., Terraform) (preferred).
- Array of health plans including programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and sick leave.
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities.
- 401k with up to a 5% match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Pet insurance.
- 14 paid company holidays.
- Short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and stock program participation.
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).