Senior Data Engineer

DraftKings; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to innovate and develop data solutions that enhance user experience and support business KPIs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data streaming, C#, and relevant tools. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, agile environment focused on delivering impactful insights.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in object-oriented programming using C#.
• Hands-on experience with Data Streaming.
• Expertise in Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Schema Design.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, high-performance infrastructure for data insights.
• Support real-time data pipelines and analytical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and performance tuning.

Skills

Data Streaming

Object-Oriented Programming

Data Modeling

Analytical Skills

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.

Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.

The Crown Is Yours

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will act as a creative contributor, leader, and mentor in our data engineering organization. You’ll leverage your experience and expertise to build real-time data solutions to unlock insights into our products and support critical business KPI reporting. You’ll collaborate with business partners to understand and incorporate complex domain knowledge into analytics data models to support our core products and immediately improve the user experience for our customers.

What you’ll do as a Senior Data Engineer

• Build scalable, highly performant infrastructure for delivering clear business insights from various raw and historical data sources.

• Contribute to backend services written in C# in a microservices-based environment.

• Help build and support real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure using industry-standard messaging tools.

• Write clean, maintainable code using established design patterns and solid development practices.

• Support internal products by ensuring event accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery across systems.

• Participate in code reviews, performance tuning, and improvements to observability and monitoring.

• Develop batch and real-time analytical solutions, prototypes, and proofs of concept for selected solutions.

• Implement complex analytical projects with a focus on collecting, managing, analyzing, and visualizing data.

• Work in the agile workplace allowing you to be a team player and collaborate closely with other units in the company.

What you’ll bring

• 3+ years of development experience in object-oriented programming using languages such as C#

• Proven hands-on experience working with Data Streaming

• Strong knowledge of OOP and REST design principles

• Background in the following tools and technologies: Kafka, Snowflake, Databricks, Terraform, PagerDuty, DataDog, Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket

• Expertise in Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Data Modeling, Data Streaming, and Schema Design

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud environments like AWS and GCP

• Understanding of ETL Solutions.

• Experience with NoSQL Databases (Mongo, DynamoDB etc.)

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

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Join Our Team

We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.