Staff Data Architect

THE POSITION
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As a Staff Data Architect, you are accountable for domain-scale data architecture impact. You define the target-state architecture for your domain, establish enforceable standards and data contracts, and enable multiple teams to deliver governed, reliable, and reusable data products. You are responsible for architecture decision quality, semantic consistency, and adoption of shared patterns across your vertical. You shape how data is designed and governed. You do not primarily own pipeline delivery. You own the architecture that makes delivery scalable and consistent.

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

• Define and maintain the domain North Star architecture and multi-quarter roadmap aligned to business priorities.

• Establish and enforce data modeling standards, canonical definitions, and schema evolution practices.

• Define and operationalize data product contracts including ownership, quality expectations, and versioning discipline.

• Lead domain-level architecture governance and design reviews, ensuring decisions are documented and stakeholder concerns are addressed.

• Hands-on prototyping & building frameworks with the ability to drive MVP execution

• Define scalable Lakehouse and platform patterns using Databricks, aligned to performance, cost, reliability, and security requirements.

• Embed data quality, metadata, lineage, and compliance by design into architecture standards.

• Lead domain migration and deprecation strategies that reduce technical debt and long-term risk.

• Partner across Data Engineering, Product Engineering, Product, Security, Governance, Analytics and other stakeholders to translate business intent into enforceable architectural direction.

• Influence adoption of standards across multiple teams without direct authority.

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

• 7+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, and large-scale distributed data systems.
• Deeply technical and analytical with implementation and architectural experience in Data Warehousing, Marketing, Fraud, BI, Customer 360 modeling, Streaming, and Big Data, AI/ML engineering.
• Demonstrated ownership of domain-scale data architecture and modeling strategy.
• Strong hands-on experience and proficiency designing and governing lakehouse architectures using Databricks or a similar distributed cloud Datawarehouse.
• Hands on experience leading large-scale Datawarehouse projects, including batch/streaming pipelines
• Proven experience defining standards, contracts, and schema evolution practices that scale across teams.
• Experience embedding governance, security, and quality into architecture decisions.
• Experience leading multi-team migration or modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of non-functional tradeoffs including scalability, reliability, performance, and cost.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and align teams to shared standards.
• Excellent communication and decision-framing skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience preferred. 

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. 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, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in 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).

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, 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 any 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.

The applicable salary range for this position is $170,000 - $223,650 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.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com.

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.

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