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Director, Data Engineering

7 hours, 27 minutes ago
Serbia, Estonia, Malta
Full-time
Lead
Director of Engineering
Software Development
dbt Flink Kafka Snowflake Terraform
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Rush Street Interactive

Rush Street Interactive

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a leading online gaming company known for its integrated gaming experiences and commitment to responsible gaming practices.

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251-1K
Founded 2012
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Description

  • Lead and grow the Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering teams, including recruiting, mentoring, and developing technical capabilities.
  • Define ownership models for platform components and data products, and set performance and hiring plans.
  • Advance engineering standards for deployment, including development, testing, documentation, release management, and SLAs.
  • Partner with Data Product Managers to define data assets as versioned, documented data products with clear ownership and SLAs.
  • Own the administration, reliability, governance, and strategic expansion of the Snowflake-based post-application data platform.
  • Manage platform governance, access control, security, cost, and capacity planning.
  • Standardize DBT deployment methods, promotion workflows, and environment management.
  • Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or similar tools for reproducible and auditable infrastructure.
  • Deliver monitoring, observability, lineage, and data quality frameworks to support traceability and auditability.
  • Partner with Software Engineering on event messaging, streaming architecture, and ingestion patterns.
  • Lead the technical design and development of a unified Player 360 data foundation.
  • Align application schema design with downstream analytical, product, and regulatory requirements.
  • Balance real-time and batch processing strategies based on business needs and cost or complexity tradeoffs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related STEM field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in leadership roles.
  • Experience transitioning an organization from private/startup to public company.
  • Experience in regulated industries such as gaming, fintech, payments, or healthcare.
  • Prior experience building Player 360 or Customer 360 platforms.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
  • Experience with production-grade streaming systems such as Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Structured Streaming, or Flink.
  • Familiarity with GenAI governance frameworks and scalable AI integration patterns such as Harness Engineering.
  • Ability to travel occasionally domestically and internationally.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation.
  • Work-life balance initiatives.
  • Autonomy and personal responsibility in how the work is done.
  • Opportunities for creativity and new ideas.
  • Strong focus on personal and professional growth.
  • People-oriented environment with a supportive atmosphere.
  • A chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing company and emerging industry.

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