Senior Data Engineer (Cloud Lakehouse)

FDJ UNITED; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FDJ UNITED is a leading betting and gaming group building modern data platforms to empower reporting, analytics, and decision-making. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will shape our data landscape, drive scalable lakehouse architectures, and enable self-service analytics across the organization.

Join a fast-paced, agile team that leverages AWS/Azure and generative AI to improve operational efficiency, data quality, and product insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering with scalable modern data architectures.
• Experience building data lake/lakehouse architectures in cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure data services and ETL/ELT processes.
• Proven expertise using dbt and Airflow; CI/CD practices for data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust data solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Build data lake/lakehouse architectures to support scalable processing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions and GAPs.

Skills

Data engineering

Modern data architectures

ETL/ELT

dbt

Apache Airflow

CI/CD for data

Data governance & quality

Tools

Apache Iceberg

AWS

Azure

Job description

At FDJ UNITED, we don't just follow the game, we reinvent it.

FDJ UNITED is one of Europe’s leading betting and gaming operators, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With more than 5,000 employees and a presence in around fifteen regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition. We set new standards, proving that entertainment and safety can go hand in hand. Here, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to delivering the best and safest entertaining experiences for our customers every day.

We’re looking for bold people who are eager to succeed and ready to level-up the game. If you thrive on innovation, embrace challenges, and want to make a real impact at all levels, FDJ UNITED is your playing field.

Join us in shaping the future of gaming. Are you ready to LEVEL-UP THE GAME?

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and building innovative data solutions within a fast-paced agile data engineering team. You will play a crucial role in modernizing our data platform to enhance product offerings, closely collaborating with stakeholders across the organization to maximize the value of data for reporting, analytics, and decision-making processes.

In this role, you'll help transform our cloud data landscape, working with streaming technologies, cloud data warehouses, and Lakehouse architectures to unlock new insights and capabilities for our business units. Additionally, you will leverage automation and generative AI to increase operational efficiency and enhance self-service capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Data Platform & Architecture

• Develop and maintain robust and efficient data solutions and products including data transformation, data modelling, and reporting on both on-premises and cloud environments
• Build modern data lake/lakehouse architectures that support scalable, flexible data processing
• Enhance platform integration by leveraging domain events to enable more efficient and real-time data processing

Self-Service Analytics & Enablement

• Champion the adoption of generative AI features such as Amazon Q and Copilot to deliver intuitive analytics experiences
• Build sophisticated solutions to deliver actionable insights, with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and data accessibility

Engineering Excellence & Automation

• Enhance data engineering processes through automation, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing ETL/ELT flows to improve efficiency and maintainability
• Be a champion of best development practices on existing and new technologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, documenting them as GAPs and aligning them with Architects

Data Governance & Discovery

• Facilitate data discovery and enhance data management processes using platforms like Open Metadata
• Ensure KPIs and documentation remain accurate and up to date
• Support data quality and compliance standards across the organization

Innovation & Operations

• Initiate and experiment with new ideas and approaches that support the A&I department's strategy
• Proactively support and maintain data products, including handling release management, troubleshooting incidents, and providing on-call support as necessary

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Required

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing scalable, flexible modern data architectures
• Experience building modern data lake/lakehouse architectures (e.g., Apache Iceberg) in cloud environments
• Strong knowledge of AWS (S3, Redshift) or Azure data services
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data ingestion
• Proven expertise using transformation tools such as dbt
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (such as Apache Airflow)
• Experience with best practices applied to data (e.g., testing, CI/CD)

Advantageous

• Experience developing dashboards and reporting solutions using data visualization tools such as Power BI or Amazon QuickSight
• Experience with generative AI applications in data analytics
• Nice to have some JAVA experience

We believe talent knows no boundaries. Our hiring process focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate each candidate based on merit, regardless of personal characteristics as the age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.