STAFF DATA ENGINEER

Overview

What are we building?

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social casino company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer's interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?

Responsibilities

What’s the position?

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our quickly growing technology team in Austin, TX. As a data engineer, you will be a technical contributor on our team supporting cutting edge technology, operations, and business needs. The role requires an individual that's technically talented, able to manage massively distributed datasets, architect and implement big data infrastructure, and is passionate about data and sports.

You will:

• Be responsible for the quality, scope, and timeliness of all your deliverables.

• Design, build, and operate your platform components so that others can rely on your great ideas (common streaming architectures, data storage methods, proper processing environments)

• Work with engineering and business stakeholders to understand data requirements

• Performing data cleansing and enhancing data quality

• Take action with quality, performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind

• Work in a collaborative, fast-paced Agile team environment

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an engineer who is willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and quality technical implementations. We believe the perfect candidate isn't interested in just what we're building right now but wants to understand where we're going and how it impacts the customer to ensure everything, we create moves us closer to our goal: delivering the best customer experience. Because we operate with a startup mindset, we will be reliant on your technical skill, but also your passion and ownership over all aspects of your work.

The ideal candidate will have:

ESSENTIAL

• Extensive experience with Python (Java/Scala a plus) and SQL, using on a daily basis over number of years

• Big Data on the cloud (Snowflake, Big Query, S3/Athena, Redshift, Delta Lake)

• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)

Desirable

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent work experience (3+ years)

Experience in:

• Database orchestration technologies, specifically Airflow and/or DBT

• Experience with streaming data architectures, specifically Kafka

• Knowledge of semi structured data: Parquet, Avro, JSONA deep understanding of AWS Cloud Data technologies (RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora)

• Knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, or MySQL

• Experience with Big Data Batch and Streaming technologies like Spark, Kafka, Flink, Beam, Kinesis

• SnowPro Certification or equivalent from Databricks or AWS

• Comfort working within an agile development cycle and exposure to:

• Linux development

• Git and versioning software

• Jupyter or Databricks Notebooks