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Data Engineer

FanDuel · New York, NY, US

FanDuel is hiring a lead Data Engineer in New York, NY, US. What you'll do: code review, mentoring, incident response, and hiring, work across the infrastructure, data engineering, and mobile domains. Qualifications: 3+ years of experience and familiarity with Python, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Terraform, and Airflow. Hybrid, paying $125K.

Hiring signals for Software Developers

SOC 15-1252 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

34
/ 100
Weak

Software Developers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 0% from the last 14 days)
  • Pay is above the national median ($182k vs $130k national)
  • High share of long-open postings (93% open 30+ days)

Software Developers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Software Developers.

  • 20,330Active postings
  • 0Posted this week
  • 18,975Open 30+ days93% of active
  • 2,205Remote / hybrid11% of active
  • 7%List salary1,447 of 20,330
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $182kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 52dMedian agep90 112d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering4,179$150k n=207
Backend1,056$192k n=150
Full-stack993$199k n=129
ML / AI Engineering810$190k n=105
Data Engineering469$179k n=34

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time635$180k n=391
Contract609$191k n=195
Intern343$160k n=17
Temporary43$144k n=22
Part-time12

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology11,740$190k n=1162
Manufacturing9,802$135k n=246
Financial Services2,673$186k n=151
Professional Services2,251$162k n=89
Government / Public Sector2,189$114k n=15

Top categories

  • Engineering4,179
  • Backend1,056
  • Full-stack993
  • ML / AI Engineering810
  • Data Engineering469
  • Engineering Manager436

In-demand skills

  • Python1,990
  • Java1,515
  • AWS1,420
  • Azure1,032
  • Agile985
  • Go855
  • C++822
  • Google Cloud806

Top sectors

  • Technology11,740
  • Manufacturing9,802
  • Financial Services2,673
  • Professional Services2,251
  • Government / Public Sector2,189
  • Media & Entertainment753

Employment mix

  • Unspecified18,688 · 92%
  • Full-time635 · 3%
  • Contract609 · 3%
  • Intern343 · 2%
  • Temporary43 · 0%
  • Part-time12 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Data Engineering
Salary
$125k · hybrid
Source
fanduel.careers
Original link
https://www.fanduel.careers/jobs/fanduel/data-engineer/
Posted
4 weeks ago (2026-05-15)
Status
active

Skills: Python, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Terraform, Airflow, dbt, Flutter, Git

Topics: Infrastructure, Data engineering, Mobile, Security, Compliance, Gaming

Activities: Code review, Mentoring, Incident response, Hiring, Data modeling

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