Data Engineer - Sportsbet, Hybrid




Senior Data Engineer - Sportsbet, Hybrid

Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment, with over 2,000 people powering the world’s leading sports betting and iGaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca. Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as FanDuel, PokerStars, SportsBet, Betfair, Paddy Power, or Sky Betting & Gaming,

Sportsbet is the market leader in the Australian online sports betting market. The brand features innovative, easy to use products and personalized value, making it a favourite among users.

Our Values:

The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.

Win together | Raise the bar | Got your back | Own it | Positive impact

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data team, working for Sportsbet Australia. The role is available in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The Data Engineer is a key role within Data Platforms, responsible for delivering innovative and sustainable data driven solutions to provide Sportsbet a competitive advantage in the market.

Project Delivery:

• Analyze and question business requirements.
• Actively contribute to the solution design.
• Accurately estimate effort and hold yourself and others accountable for delivery.
• Develop high quality, high performing code which meets the business need.
• Continuously improve our platforms / services with each release - new initiatives are an opportunity to deliver faster than last time.
• Optimize platforms / solutions to ensure we support our service levels and minimize spend.
• Identify gaps and implement best practices across operational processes, DevOps, deployments etc.
• Promote the production of reusable code and modules where appropriate with a view to maximizing effort and reducing development costs
• Develop and socialize patterns and standards for use across the organization.
• Automate processes wherever possible.
• Innovate and challenge the status quo by introducing new ideas and concepts to the team.

Platform Operations:

• Support what we build - taking ownership of production issues, working with stakeholders through to resolution.
• Identify, escalate and mitigate operational risks.
• Conduct regular performance tuning across our platforms to ensure optimal usage of resources.
• Perform regular maintenance and audit activities (patches, upgrades, user access reviews, DR tests etc.) as required to ensure stability.
• Identify and act on opportunities for automation.

• Strong experience in developing software with Python.
• 5+ years of development experience in a cloud first, data centric organization.
• Comprehensive knowledge about APIs – ability to design RESTful services and integrate with other data providers.
• Involvement with CI/CD platforms and pipeline deployments patterns (Jenkins, Bamboo, Shell Scripting, Unit/Integration Testing)
• Experience with data streaming based architecture.
• Exposure to a variety of databases technologies (NoSQL, PostgreSQL, SQL) and ETL tools (Databricks, Airflow, NiFi, AWS Glue).
• Broad experience and familiarity with AWS technologies and managed services (S2, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Lambda, DynamoDB, Spectrum, Redshift, EMR).
• Fast paced agile based environment.
• Test-driven development techniques.
• A clear understanding of systems analysis, component based system design and modern software development principles.
• Experience with serverless based technologies.
• Exposure to Spark, Genie, Sqoop, Flume, Flink would be beneficial.
• Data modelling knowledge using Kimball and Data Vaults is also a plus
• Experience or exposure to SQL Server stack (SSIS, SSRS)
• Experience or exposure to Talend
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools and technologies to improve productivity, analysis, delivery outcomes, and stakeholder collaboration. Curiosity and openness to adopting emerging AI capabilities within day-to-day ways of working.

• Hybrid & remote working options
• €1,000 per year for self-development
• Company share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave per year
• 20 days per year to work abroad
• 5 personal days/year
• Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
• Extended health, dental and travel insurances
• Customized well-being programmes
• Career growth sessions
• Thousands of online courses through Udemy
• A variety of engaging office events