Underdog · 1 day ago
Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$135K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expUnderdog is a rapidly growing sports company focused on building innovative products for sports fans. As a Data Engineer, you will develop robust data pipelines and maintain production quality datasets to support various teams, ensuring reliable and actionable data for decision-making.
eSportsFantasy SportsGaming
Responsibilities
You’ll be developing data pipelines and maintaining 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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Strong interest in sports
Prior experience in the sports betting industry
Experience working in highly regulated industries and familiarity with data privacy and compliance frameworks (e.g. GDPR, CCPA)
Knowledge of ML concepts, with some experience in building ML platforms
Benefits
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
Home office stipend
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
Company
Underdog
We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever. Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$115MKey Investors
Spark CapitalBlackRockKevin Carter
2025-03-26Series C· $70M
2022-07-26Series B· $35M
2021-05-03Series A· $10M
Leadership Team
Jeremy Levine
Founder & CEO
Rishi Garg
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Mergers & Acquisitions
2025-10-19
2025-10-18
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