Fanatics · 12 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer - NCF
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $212K/yr
5+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, and they're seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help build and evolve the foundation of their data platform. This role involves designing, developing, and supporting scalable data pipelines that power analytics and data-driven decision-making across Fanatics Collectibles.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines using AWS data services such as Kinesis Streams, Amazon Firehose, S3 Tables, Glue, Lambda, and Athena
Build and optimize Snowflake data models and integrations that serve as the backbone of enterprise analytics
Play a key role in building our data platform from the ground up, enabling teams across the organization to access and trust their data
Develop and maintain data catalogs, schemas, and lineage to improve discoverability and governance
Implement data quality checks, validation frameworks, and monitoring to ensure consistency and reliability
Collaborate with software and platform engineers to integrate event-driven data pipelines across core systems
Automate workflows and deployment of data infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK)
Partner closely with analytics and business stakeholders to understand use cases, define SLAs, and deliver trusted datasets
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience building and maintaining production data pipelines using AWS Data Services (Kinesis, Firehose, S3 Tables, Glue, Athena, Lambda, etc.)
Proven experience building or scaling a data platform from scratch or during a modernization effort
Hands-on experience with the Snowflake ecosystem (data modeling, Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Role-Based Access Control, and performance optimization)
Strong understanding of data cataloging, lineage, and data quality measurement
Proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing, transformation, and automation
Familiarity with streaming and batch architectures, and experience supporting near real-time data use cases
Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or dbt
Comfortable working with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for data workloads
A self-starter mindset — proactive in identifying opportunities, solving problems, and driving improvements without heavy direction
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams
Preferred
Experience with data observability platforms (e.g., Monte Carlo, Databand, Great Expectations)
Exposure to data mesh or domain-oriented data ownership models
Familiarity with AWS Lake Formation, Redshift, or Glue Data Catalog
Prior experience working in consumer products, e-commerce, or media/collectibles environments
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
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