Senior Data Platform Architect & Lead Engineer

FanDuel; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports entertainment company in Edinburgh is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the technical design of data infrastructure. You will establish scalable systems, lead engineering best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data solutions. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience and expertise in modern data tools such as Spark and Kafka. This role offers an inclusive and innovative work culture along with a competitive financial package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunities

Flexible working policy

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Expertise in modern data tools and cloud-native services.
• Experience owning complex technical systems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines and architectures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data solutions.
• Establish engineering best practices for code quality and documentation.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

SQL proficiency

Programming (Python, Scala, Java)

Data modeling

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

Databricks

Terraform

Job description

A leading sports entertainment company in Edinburgh is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the technical design of data infrastructure. You will establish scalable systems, lead engineering best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data solutions. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience and expertise in modern data tools such as Spark and Kafka. This role offers an inclusive and innovative work culture along with a competitive financial package.