AI-Powered Data Engineering Manager, Customer

DraftKings Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Data Engineering Manager for the Customer domain in Boston. You will lead a team of Data Engineers, deliver scalable data solutions, and advance AI-enabled development practices while staying close to code and architecture decisions.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with PMs and delivery managers, and drive data foundations and reporting capabilities that empower faster, smarter decisions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of technical management experience with people leadership.
• Strong data engineering background with hands-on SQL expertise.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery required.
• Familiarity with Kafka, Airflow, Terraform, Python, and Datadog.
• Hands-on AI development loops and agentic coding workflows experience.
• Mentorship, coordination, and clear communication skills is essential.
• Experience building Customer 360 or CDP is a plus.
• Ownership mindset and ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Engineers.
• Deliver scalable data solutions for the customer domain balancing speed and quality.
• Advance AI-enabled software development lifecycle practices.
• Remain hands-on with code, provide architectural guidance.
• Set scalable, testable, reliable data solution standards.
• Lead design discussions and communicate decisions clearly.
• Foster an accountable, collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

Cloud platforms

Kafka

Airflow

Terraform

Python

Datadog

Mentorship

Communication

Customer 360

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

DraftKings Inc. is seeking a Data Engineering Manager for the Customer domain in Boston. You will lead a team of Data Engineers, deliver scalable data solutions, and advance AI-enabled development practices while staying close to code and architecture decisions.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with PMs and delivery managers, and drive data foundations and reporting capabilities that empower faster, smarter decisions.