Data Engineer

Underdog Fantasy

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $135,000 - $142,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

ApacheAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaPythonSparkSQLTerraform

About the role

Develop data pipelines and maintain production quality datasets that support Underdog’s analytics, data science, and marketing teams
Design, build, and optimize scalable data platform infrastructure to support batch and real-time data processing and storage in the cloud
Collaborate with analytics, data scientists, engineers, and other business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of the pipelines and platforms
Perform validation and build data quality checks on production datasets and ensure there are minimal data quality issues
Communicate continuously about progress, blockers, and resolution steps to all relevant stakeholders
Blend hands-on pipeline development with shaping the future of Underdog’s evolving data platform

3+ years of experience building scalable data pipelines in a cloud-native environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
2+ years of experience using dbt, Flink, or Spark for data transformations and BI tools such as Sigma or Looker
Advanced proficiency with Python and SQL
Some experience with streaming data infrastructure such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, GCP Datastream or AWS Kinesis
Some familiarity with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK)
Strong ownership mindset; you’re focused on delivering results in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
A proactive problem solver who finds and implements opportunities to improve systems and processes
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams
This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations