Data Engineer

Job title: Data Engineer

Location: Sofia

Overview of the role:

Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains data pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve data within a cloud-based data lakehouse. Works as part of a data engineering squad, delivering reliable, well-governed data products that enable analytics, reporting, and downstream AI/ML consumption. Collaborates with product, analytics, and data science teams to ensure data models accurately represent poker gameplay, player activity, and commercial metrics. Requires strong technical skills combined with attention to data quality and governance.

This role follows a hybrid approach to working, allowing you to combine working from home with working in our modern offices. These discussions are between you and your manager to find the best pattern for you both, while recognising that quality time together is essential for keeping us mission-aligned.

Our teams work from a lively location nestled within this historic city. Enjoy the best of both worlds with winter and summer offices, tantalizing free snacks and a gaming paradise for endless entertainment.

What you'll do:

Pipeline Development & Data Modelling

• Design, build, and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines that ingest data from event streams, transform it through structured layers, and serve it to downstream consumers
• Develop and maintain core data models providing a single source of truth for poker gameplay, player activity, and commercial metrics
• Ensure data pipelines are idempotent, well-tested, and monitored with appropriate alerting

Platform & Governance

• Contribute to data platform governance including data cataloguing, access control configuration, and data quality monitoring
• Maintain infrastructure-as-code definitions for data pipeline resources and platform configuration

Collaboration & Delivery

• Participate in squad ceremonies and collaborate with product, analytics, and data science teams to gather and refine data requirements
• Support downstream consumers in understanding available data products and their appropriate use

What you'll bring:

Essential

• Experience building data pipelines in a cloud-based data lakehouse or data warehouse environment, including both batch and streaming ingestion patterns
• Strong skills in Python and SQL for data transformation, processing, and pipeline development
• Experience with event-driven data ingestion from streaming platforms, including schema management and consumer group coordination
• Solid understanding of data modelling concepts including star schema, medallion architecture, and slowly changing dimensions
• Ability to work collaboratively within an Agile squad alongside product, analytics, and engineering colleagues

Desirable

• Experience with Databricks, including notebooks, jobs, and Unity Catalog for data governance
• Familiarity with Kafka for stream ingestion and real-time data product consumption
• Experience with Terraform for data infrastructure provisioning and environment management
• Background with Protobuf or similar schema serialisation formats for structured event data
• Experience in regulated or B2B platform environments where data compliance and auditability are important

It’s ok if you don’t think you tick every box on this list. We love people who want to challenge themselves and are passionate about what they do. If you believe you can contribute in some areas and are eager to learn, we encourage you to apply.

Why choose us:

Aside from a generous base salary, we have a fantastic benefits & rewards program that is designed to encourage personal and career development.

• Discretionary annual performance bonus
• 30 days paid leave
• Health and Dental Insurance for you, your partner and your children (if you all live at the same address)
• Personal life insurance and disability coverage
• Wellbeing fund
• Continuous learning support for certifications and career growth
• 26 weeks primary carer leave at 100% pay & 4 weeks secondary carer leave pay at 100% pay, no eligibility period applies
• A sports’ card membership valid across the country
• Discounts as a compliment form us among different services
• Monthly food vouchers

Equal opportunities:

At Flutter International we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our people can be their authentic selves and thrive. We embrace and celebrate diversity, respecting all our uniqueness and differences.

We welcome you to let us know whether you have any accessibility needs. All you need to do is email us at [email protected]. Your journey with us is focused on ensuring you have what you need to be your best self.

Learn more about the works we are doing on Inclusion and Belonging here: https://careers.flutterinternational.com/working-at-flutter-international/diversity-equity-inclusion/

The group:

PokerStars is a proud member of the Flutter Entertainment family, a global leader in sports betting, iGaming, and entertainment. We're not just another company; we're listed on both the prestigious FTSE 100 index on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). What sets us apart is our world class brands, cutting-edge products, and our International division includes our operations in over 100 global markets and offers sports betting, casino, poker, rummy and lottery, mainly online. What truly defines us is our commitment to ensuring that the excitement of gaming and entertainment is experienced in a responsible and sustainable way. Our remarkable team of over 8,000 colleagues drives this vision, spread across 28 offices worldwide.