ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") 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 United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.
FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey , Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.
Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, 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).
THE ROSTER
At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
Our competitive edge comes from making decisions based on accurate and timely data. As a Lead Data Engineer in Insights Engineering, you will lead a team of data engineers to ensure the proper upkeep of our AWS Redshift and Databricks analytic platforms within FanDuel organization by establishing platform governance and feature improvements to enable the business.
Collaboration is at the core of your role. You will have established analytic engineer capabilities as well as enablement skills to allow for data process excellence in the organization. In this role, you will be working closely with the data users across the organization to ensure the adoption of platform best practices. You’ll be also expected to influence the team to invent, evolve, and/or deprecate data solutions.
You should have a passion for imparting knowledge by working with analysts to improve data processes and to minimize areas of risk across our platforms. You will show a pragmatic approach to problem-solving; your experience should be built on a solid foundation of engineering development and analytic best practices.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Conduct regular design process reviews and ensure development standards within the team.
- Monitor and optimize query performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to enhance database performance.
- Contribute to the design and architecture of complex data warehouse solutions using Redshift and Databricks, considering scalability, performance, and best practices.
- Create and maintain documentation related to database design, configuration, and processes.
- Work with leadership to drive adoption of next generation analytic platform features and governance standards.
- Design and build data pipelines for uses in production level infrastructure monitoring.
- Motivate junior engineers on best practices and latest industry design patterns.
- Share platform improvement findings in easy to consume formats, whether that is through dashboards or data modeling.
THE STATS
What we’re looking for in our next teammate
- Strong development experience with a minimum +7 years developing code in one or more core programming languages (Python, Java, etc.)
- Minimum +7 years of experience in data engineering or related roles, with a proven track record of building and managing scalable data solutions.
- Minimum +7 years of experience working in a cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure and its product offerings.
- Minimum +5 years of experience working with Redshift, demonstrating a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations.
- Proficiency in managing and optimizing Redshift clusters, including performance tuning and cost optimization.
- Strong understanding of data warehouse, data lake and data lake house architectures, with practical experience in their implementation.
- Expertise in database migration techniques and tools, with hands-on experience in executing successful migrations.
- Experience utilizing agile methodologies and tools such as Jira to plan, track, and manage data engineering tasks effectively.
- Experience leading 3-5 team members, demonstrating effective leadership and communication skills.
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
- An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
- Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
- Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
- Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!” 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. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!
This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
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