Data Engineering Manager
FanDuel
In this role you lead a data engineering team to deliver scalable data pipelines, platforms, and products that support analytics, data science, and operational needs. You bridge hands-on technical work with people leadership, guiding architecture reviews, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with product and analytics partners. You will drive reliable data systems while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture. This role offers impact across data delivery, governance, and cross-functional collaboration within FanDuel Group’s data-focused initiatives.
Pay / Benefits- Flexible vacation
- Mentorship and professional development resources
- Insurance and paid leave policies
- Competitive compensation
- Opportunities to build products fans love
- Team-focused, growth-oriented culture
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers through coaching and technical guidance
- Oversee design and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products
- Review architecture and code, providing hands-on input when needed
- Ensure high-quality, reliable solutions aligned with business goals and engineering best practices
- Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable plans
- Promote operational stability with monitoring, alerts, incident response, and data quality governance
- Drive continuous improvement in development workflows and team productivity
- 6+ years in data or software engineering
- 1–2+ years in a leadership or mentorship role
- Strong experience with data pipelines and platforms using Spark, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, or Databricks
- Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java and SQL
- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with behavioural analytics tools and data (e.g., Snowplow, Amplitude, or Google Analytics)
- Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills
- communication
- collaboration
- leadership
- Spark
- dbt
- Airflow
Reference: WJ-747_30153354