Senior Data Engineer - NCF

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to help build and evolve the foundation of our data platform. You’ll design, develop, and support scalable data pipelines that power analytics, insights, and data-driven decision making across Fanatics Collectibles. This is a role for a strong self-starter who thrives on solving complex data challenges and taking ownership from design through production.

  What You’ll Do

• 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.

  What You Bring

• 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.

  Nice to Have

• 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.

The salary range for this position is $170,000 - $212,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. 

Fanatics Collectibles is a new model and vision for the hobby, fundamentally changing the experience for current and future collectors, leagues, and players across many U.S. and international professional and college sports. The organization has long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several sports and entertainment properties, including MLB, MLBPA, the Premier League, MLS, UFC, Formula 1 as well as Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, among others. In January 2022, Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of Topps, establishing the preeminent licensed trading card brand as the cornerstone of Fanatics’ trading cards and collectibles business, and jumpstarted its MLB and MLBPA rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards