Data Engineering Senior Manager

ABOUT FANDUEL

Fan Duel Group (“Fan Duel") is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, Fan Duel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.

Fan Duel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. Fan Duel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.

Its networks Fan Duel TV and Fan Duel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.

Fan Duel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, 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).

At Fan Duel, 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 Fan Duel? 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, Fan Duel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.

At Fan Duel, 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.

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll lead teams with blend of consultants and employees with diverse data engineer background who build scalable data pipelines to power business intelligence, analytics, fraud detection, and operational reporting across Fan Duel. You'll partner with Data Architects, Product Managers, Analytics, and Engineering teams to define technical strategy and drive platform governance. This role demands both organizational leadership and technical depth;

you'll build high-performing teams, own platform reliability and cost, and enable data-driven decision-making through pragmatic problem-solving and operational excellence.

You should have a passion for imparting knowledge and a proven ability to grow a team and lead it to success. You will show a pragmatic approach to problem-solving; your experience should be built on a solid foundation of engineering development and operational support, and you should be able to show a proven background in coaching/ people management.

Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Platform Leadership:
  Lead design build, and continuous improvement of scalable data pipelines, Lakehouse architectures, and data products on Databricks and AWS infrastructure. Maintain engineering standards for performance, reliability, and cost. Contribute hands‑on to architecture reviews, code reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Team Management:
  Manage up to 9 data engineers and 5 consultants—hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development. Build a high-trust culture grounded in psychological safety and continuous learning.
• Delivery & Execution:
  Plan and prioritize the team's work to deliver on‑time, on‑quality. Balance discovery, platform investment, and run‑the‑business work. Know which features are essential versus deferrable.
• Operational Excellence:
  Own production health, SLAs, and incident response. Identify and resolve risks, blockers, and cross‑team dependencies proactively.
• Architecture & Strategy:
  Resolve data architecture gaps. Align decisions across teams and drive platform coherence. Simplify, optimize, or extend…