As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll enhance the data platform using IaC, lead service delivery, automate provisioning, collaborate with teams, and support compliance efforts.
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, Platform you will be a key contributor to a data team centered around the mission of providing a best-in-class experience for our products and customers. In this role, you'll be leveraging your technical expertise in all aspects of "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) to enhance and build out our data platform. You will be working across teams, informing business decisions, helping to expand our platform, and define standards and best practices for platform use.
What you'll do as a Senior Data Engineer, Platform
What you'll bring
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 116,800.00 USD - 146,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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, Platform you will be a key contributor to a data team centered around the mission of providing a best-in-class experience for our products and customers. In this role, you'll be leveraging your technical expertise in all aspects of "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) to enhance and build out our data platform. You will be working across teams, informing business decisions, helping to expand our platform, and define standards and best practices for platform use.
What you'll do as a Senior Data Engineer, Platform
- Demonstrate leadership and ownership of the platform to deliver services for projects and users.
- Provide infrastructure guidance of data platform capabilities to accommodate business/technical use cases.
- Leverage your strong communication skills to keep users informed and provide excellent quality of service.
- Automate and manage provisioning needs, such as Snowflake storage and compute, Role Based Access Control model, and permissions.
- Configure and manage monitoring/alerting around replication latency, performance (cluster & query), and Airflow.
- Coordinate and collaborate with dependent infrastructure and AWS services to implement Snowflake integration with services, such as S3, IAM, SSO, etc.
- Provide technical expertise, troubleshooting, and support for change management, governance compliance, internal audits, and remediations.
What you'll bring
- A proven track record of working in AWS, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes, and database replication tools/services (e.g., AWS DMS).
- Familiarity with Snowflake Snowpipes, Secure Data Sharing, and dynamic data masking.
- The ability to leverage new technologies to test, build, and optimize data pipelines, transformations, architectures, and data sets.
- Strong experience with SQL and knowledge in a variety of data engines (for example, SQL Server, MySQL, Amazon Aurora, Redshift) is a big plus.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with both business and technical teams.
- Experience with data reporting tools (e.g., Tableau), and data logging/monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog) is preferred.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 116,800.00 USD - 146,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Top Skills
AWS
Datadog
Kubernetes
Python
Snowflake
SQL
Tableau
Terraform
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