Senior Analytics Engineer - Sports Data

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including, America’s #1 Sportsbook FanDuel Sportsbook, its leading iGaming platform FanDuel Casino, the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states and Puerto Rico with approximately 17 million customers and 31 retail locations.

The company is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER

At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

As a Senior Analytics Engineer for our Sports Modeling & Innovation team, you will lead a team of analytics engineers responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and improving the data models, datasets and data visualizations which are and will be used by data scientists to power pricing models and business decisions. You will bridge the gap from our data and the Data Engineering team to the data scientists, analysts and other business stakeholders, aiming to leverage that data for insights and predictive modeling.

This is a great opportunity for somebody who wants to work in an environment where curiosity is rewarded, and people are empowered to make decisions. The ideal candidate will have a passion for learning and a desire to optimize how we leverage our data.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Manage a team of analytics engineers within the Sports Modeling and Innovation team, working directly with the Data Scientists, Analysts, and Traders
• Own existing sports data pipelines including player, team, game, and play-by-play level data
• Developing pipelines to ensure fast (sometimes real time) ingestion of data into properly thought-out databases (SQL, Delta Lakes, Redshift, etc.)
• Lead the design of data models to support users across FanDuel Group. Identify potential improvements to underlying data structures. Demonstrate ability to build production grade data models and work with Data teams to transition ownership. Embrace data modeling best practices such as version control.
• Maintaining validation pipelines that flag bad or missing data and iterating on these pipelines when new databases are created
• Manage existing data transformation jobs for the Sports Modeling and Innovation team, help optimize code across our code bases, and troubleshoot any issues
• Database management – automate data cleaning projects on large data sets
• Make decisions between memory and speed tradeoffs to best optimize team’s project needs - help reduce query execution times where possible and remove unnecessary/unused metrics
• Create and own a backlog of prioritized data tools
  
  
  

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• 5+ years of experience working in an analytics/data engineering role
• 3+ years working on maintaining databases with a focus on improving data ingestion pipelines
• Strong knowledge of US sports, including previous experience managing play-by-play level data and player databases
• Deep understanding of relational databases
• Proficient in SQL, Databricks, R/Python, Tableau, AWS s3 buckets, command line
• Experience building data pipelines using Python/R and Databricks is preferred
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data analysis role
• Strong personal organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience working in groups on collaborative projects
• Interest in sports and sports gaming preferred
  
  
  

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development
• Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another
  
  

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!”  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.  We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance.  Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

The applicable salary range for this position is $126,000 - $163,800 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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