FanDuel

Staff Analytics Engineer

FanDuel
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16 days ago

Base Salary

$159k - $199k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build fast, often real-time pipelines that ingest auxiliary data into SQL, Delta Lake, and medallion-architecture data stores.
  • Build and maintain scrapers and validation pipelines for external sports datasets, including detecting bad or missing data.
  • Own the medallion architecture, data transformation jobs, codebase standards, and troubleshooting across the data stack.
  • Establish scalable database-management and automated data-cleaning approaches for large, heterogeneous datasets.
  • Optimize memory, speed, query execution times, and metric usage across project data systems.
  • Partner with stakeholders to deliver curated datasets, Tableau dashboards, and R Shiny applications.
  • Mentor analytics engineers and drive adoption of engineering best practices, coding standards, and design patterns.
  • Influence technical strategy and roadmap through architecture, prioritization, and build-versus-buy decisions.

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of experience in analytics or data engineering, including senior- or lead-level responsibilities.
  • At least 4 years of experience designing and maintaining databases and data-ingestion pipelines, ideally including real-time ingestion and web scraping.
  • Deep understanding of relational databases.
  • Proficiency in SQL, Databricks, R or Python, Tableau, AWS S3 buckets, and the command line.
  • Production experience building data pipelines with Python or R and Databricks.
  • Hands-on experience designing medallion or comparable layered data architectures.
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a highly numerate major, or relevant experience in a data-analysis role.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and improving team technical practices, standards, and ways of working.
  • Strong organizational, time-management, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
  • Exposure to NBA, NFL, or especially international soccer data is preferred.
  • Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance, including health-plan options with some plans costing as little as $0 per paycheck.
  • Fertility and family-planning programs, mental-health support, fitness benefits, life insurance, and disability insurance.
  • Generous paid time off, paid sick leave, and 14 paid company holidays.
  • Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities may be available based on performance.
  • 401(k) program with up to a 5% company match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and additional employee benefits.

Tech Stack

AWSDatabricksPythonRR ShinySQL

Categories

Data Engineering
FanDuel

About FanDuel

1,001-5,000 employees

FanDuel builds consumer sports wagering and gaming products in North America, including FanDuel Sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, FanDuel Casino, and horse-racing wagering, plus the FanDuel TV/TV+ media platforms. It earns revenue from consumer bets, fantasy entry fees, and gaming operations, and is available across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, it is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT).

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