Data Engineer

Fanduel; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FanDuel Group is seeking a Data API Engineer to join our team and build REST API endpoints powering analytics, ML models and data-driven decisions. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable Python Flask API applications, work with Kubernetes, API gateways like Kong, and both SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL data stores, collaborating with data analysts and product managers.

We value practical problem solving, strong coding practices, and the ability to ship reliable data applications in a

Qualifications

• Experience building REST API endpoints with scalable web services.
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment and containerization.
• Knowledge of batch and streaming data ingestion and data pipelines.
• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL stores (Redis).
• Ability to write clean, tested code in Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Build & Maintain Data Pipelines and REST API endpoints.
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and product managers.
• Ensure API reliability, latency and observability with tests and documentation.
• Participate in code reviews and agile ceremonies.

Skills

Python

Flask

REST API

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

Redis

PostgreSQL

Tools

Kong

ArgoCD

Docker

Job description

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports betting, gaming and entertainment to millions of US sports fans every day. That’s no easy task and wouldn't be possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global officesin 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 operatorwith a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE POSITION

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We are looking for a Data API Engineer (Software Engineer with interest in Data applications) to join ourgrowing team and help build the Applications with REST API endpoints to provide recommendations based ondata pipelines, ML Model and infrastructure that power analytics, machine learning, and drive business andcustomer insights across the company. In this role, you’ll contribute to the design, development, andmaintenance of reliable Fraud recommendation applications while collaborating with stakeholders to support high-impact data use cases.

The ideal candidate is a strong technical contributor who enjoys working with building software and dataapplications at scale, solving practical problems, and continuously learning in a fast-paced environment.If you’re excited by this challenge and want to work within a dynamic company, then we’d love to hear fromyou.

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

Build & Maintain Data Pipelines

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Python Flask API applications or similar programming languages to achieve low latency response.
• Understanding and experience in developing batch and stream data ingestion or developed applications leveraging SQL database like Postrgres DB or NoSQL/Redis DB.
• Implemented REST API endpoints on Kubernetes cluster using API Gateway like KONG.
• Ensure API response is reliable, accurate, and delivered in a timely manner.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code and test cases using tools like Python, SQL, and Pyspark (optional).
• Understands containerization and Kubernetes deployment using ArgoCD.

Collaborate Across Teams

• Partner with Senior Engineers in code reviews, design discussions, planning sessions and teamceremonies, asking questions and sharing ideas
• Work with data analysts, data scientists, and product managers to understand requirements andndeliver 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.

Quality & Operations

• Monitor applications and troubleshoot issues in a timely, systematic manner
• Implement data quality checks and contribute to observability and testing practices
• Document data sources, transformations, and architecture decisions to support long-term maintainability

PLAYER CONTRACT

We treat our team right
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer, and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are OneTeam!”. As such, 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 bystate, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.