Data Engineer III - FMX

London, England, United Kingdom. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will build and govern the data foundation using Python ingestion pipelines, Airflow orchestration, and Snowflake/Databricks. You will implement ingestion sources, investigate pipeline failures, and perform code reviews.

What you will do

Implement new ingestion sources end-to-end against a senior engineer's design
Investigate pipeline failures independently and ship documented fixes
Identify downstream consumer impacts before shipping new pipelines
Write clear handovers when escalating unresolved issues
Review peers' pipeline PRs to catch non-obvious issues
Turn ambiguous data questions into structured investigations
Surface concerns in spec reviews
Support data security and governance work
Build working relationships with internal stakeholders
Mentor DE2s on their first significant projects

Required qualifications

3–5 years of professional software or data engineering experience
Strong SQL and Python skills
Experience building and operating production data pipelines
Comfort investigating and root-causing pipeline issues independently
Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow or similar)
Experience with a cloud data warehouse/lakehouse (Snowflake, Databricks, or similar)
Solid understanding of data pipeline concepts: idempotency, schema evolution, backfills, and data quality/testing
Experience giving substantive code review feedback
Strong communication skills
Track record of taking ownership of known-class problems end-to-end

Nice to have

Experience extending or building reusable pipeline frameworks/templates
Exposure to reverse ETL tools or patterns, PII masking, or data access governance (RBAC)
Exposure to observability/monitoring tooling (e.g., Datadog)
Some experience mentoring or informally supporting more junior engineers
Background in gaming, betting, e-commerce, or another regulated/high-compliance industry

Benefits

Real ownership over known-class problems
Work on high-visibility, high-trust systems
Clear growth path into Senior Data Engineer

About the company

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company offers products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming.