Data Engineer

Company: Underdog Sports
Location: New York
Posted on: February 16, 2025

Job Description:

About the role and why it's unique:

• As a Data Engineer on the Data Platform team, you'll be architecting and developing Underdog's sports focused data systems and data pipelines.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data platform infrastructure using Terraform to support batch and real-time data processing and storage on the cloud using Kafka, Kinesis, RDS, and S3.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging mechanisms to ensure the health and performance of the data platform.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and evangelize best practices to maintain code and data quality.
• Research and keep up to date on emerging data technologies and trends and focus on iteratively implementing them into Underdog's data systems.Who you are:
  • At least 3 years of experience building scalable and durable data pipelines and data systems on a cloud environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Highly focused on delivering results for internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders.
  • Strong familiarity with distributed computing and data storage mechanisms on the cloud environment with hands-on experience in managing data infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS.
  • Experience with data streaming frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or Kinesis.
  • Advanced proficiency with Python and SQL.
  • At least one year of experience with Golang.
  • Experience with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation).Even better if you have:
    • Strong interest in sports.
    • Prior experience in the sports betting industry.
    • Knowledge of ML concepts, with some experience in building inference systems.Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $150,000, plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate's skills and experience, among other things.What we can offer you:
      • Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season).
      • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
      • A $500 home office allowance.
      • A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce.
      • 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents.
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Keywords: Underdog Sports, New York , Data Engineer, Engineering , New York, New York