Data Platform Engineer

FanDuel; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Interesting work

Personal development

Belonging

Trust

Financial package

Job summary

FanDuel is seeking a Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure powering analytics and business use cases. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers and stakeholders to build performant, reliable data solutions with a customer-centric mindset.

You will implement real-time data systems, set standards for streaming architectures, and contribute to the evolution of the data platform while mentoring peers and driving engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
• Expertise in streaming data tools and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark, Databricks, and cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Deep understanding of streaming architectures, distributed systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, IaC, and build processes.
• Proficiency in at least one OO language (Python, Java, Scala) and scripting.
• Experience delivering complex technical systems end-to-end, from design to production.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Architect data solutions powering analytics, data science and business use cases.
• Design scalable, real-time and streaming data infrastructures and architectures.
• Set data architecture standards and drive roadmaps with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with data platform and analytics teams to deliver reusable data assets.

Skills

Data engineering

Streaming data

Python/Java/Scala

End-to-end delivery

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in CS/SE/Data

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Databricks

AWS/GCP/Azure

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 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).

THE POSITION

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We are seeking a Data Engineer to help lead the technical design and implementation of our most critical data infrastructure and products. You’ll 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.

You will 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.

If you’re excited by this challenge and want to work within a dynamic company, then we’d love to hear from you.

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

Implement High-Impact Data Systems

• Implement and help design scalable, maintainable, and secure real-time and streaming data infrastructure and architectures that support enterprise-wide data needs
• Define standards for real-time system design and real-time tooling using modern tools and cloud-native technologies, and driving technical roadmaps for multi-phase and cross-team initiatives
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and analytical requirements into end-to-end data solutions

Drive Engineering Best Practices

• Embody 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
• Contribute to technical design and code reviews, mentoring peers and raising the bar for engineering excellence

Contribute to Strategic Initiatives

• Partner with data platform, data engineering, analytics, data science, and product engineering teams to deliver reusable data assets and shared infrastructure
• Identify and resolve structural and performance bottlenecks in the current data platform and propose improvements that reduce complexity and boost performance
• Help define and deliver on metrics and initiatives that improve system reliability, scalability, data quality, lineage, and observability

THE STATS

What we’re looking for in our next teammate

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building scalable data systems and platforms.
• Expertise in modern streaming data tools and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark, Databricks, and cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Deep understanding of streaming architectures, distributed systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and build processes.
• Proficiency at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala) and scripting
• Demonstrated experience working on complex technical systems end-to-end, from design through production
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on complex and large-scale data platforms that support analytics, machine learning, and operational workloads
• Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and compliance frameworks
• Background in customer-centric or product-driven environments (e.g., digital, eCommerce, SaaS)
• Experience with data modelling and data processing tooling and best practices

PLAYER BENEFITS

We treat our team right

Interesting work - Working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons.

• A sense of achievement - Our teams own the outcome. When that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created.
• Personal development – We strive to create clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level and give our employees the tools they need to learn, develop, and become leaders.
• Belonging - Everyone at FanDuel supports one another: we win together, make mistakes together to learn from them and to focus on the future, and have lots of fun doing it.
• Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work.
• Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy, along with a number of other benefits.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. 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 any other characteristic protected by law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.