Data Engineering Manager

Entain India is the engineering and delivery powerhouse for Entain, one of the world’s leading global sports and gaming groups. Established in Hyderabad in 2001, we’ve grown from a small tech hub into a dynamic force, delivering cutting-edge software solutions and support services that power billions of transactions for millions of users worldwide.

Our focus on quality at scale drives us to create innovative technology that supports Entain’s mission to lead the change in global sports and gaming sector. At Entain India, we make the impossible possible, together.

This is a very varied role which will suit an experienced team leader with a strong Data, Analytics and Tech ops background. You would be joining a new function vertical in the CDO office (Data Operations and Quality) as the Analytics Engineering Lead, working alongside three other Leads for Architecture, Operations and QA. The role is about building a high-performance team of engineers and best-practice SDLC governance to match, with the objective of producing a wide range of robust and supportable solutions in Analytics using cloud tech.

• Building Data Products on top of a data lake including enterprise presentation layers, APIs, subject oriented marts and cubes
• Drive down delivery times and increase data quality through the adoption of reusable patterns such as generic decoupled service components, metadata driven frameworks, rules engines, templates and code generators
• Increase data quality and reduce engineering delivery time through the continuous improvement of the SDLC processes and toolset, focusing on CI/CD automation
• Leading, recruiting and performance management of a team of engineers and devOps
• Work with Architects, QAs and Ops to embed solution NFRs supporting Data Governance policies and standards
• Work with Architects, QAs and Ops to embed solution NFRs ensuring operational readiness, with focus on robustness, extensibility, supportability and monitoring/alerting for both data quality and tech functionality
• Deploy and manage infrastructure and applications for self-hosted cloud solutions in line with the central infrastructure and security policies
• Resource Level 3 support through a rota of engineers, to be coordinated by the Analytics Operations lead for the investigation and resolution of production incidents and code defects
• Own technical relationships with external suppliers

Essential:

• Held previously a leadership position in a large enterprise with similar responsibilities as above
• Experience managing large data volumes in a complex ecosystem of Analytics and Data solutions
• Proven experience setting up best practice for cloud development and infrastructure delivery
• Process and documentation driven
• Dev and Test cycle automation
• Cloud certification (ideally AWS)
• Solid exposure to infrastructure and cloud deploy
• OLAP and Tabular Cubes
• Solid understanding of data warehousing and data modelling methods (ie Kimball)
• SQL performance optimization
• Implementation of API and service-oriented architectures
• Good understanding of FE technology and solid experience with web tracking data
• Python, Airflow, Snowflake, DBT
• Docker, Git, Kubernetes
• PowerBI
• Business data domain (i.e. finance, marketing, compliance)
• Data privacy and security

Desirable:

• Passion for coding, still being hands-on with technology
• ML Ops using Sagemaker or DataRobot
• Google cloud and Google marketing platforms
• Digital marketing
• Gaming industry domain knowledge

Managerial/Leadership responsibilities:

• Hiring, retaining and leading top technical talent in the context of a large enterprise
• Staff performance management and ability to inspire, grow and motivate
• Experience handling difficult performance conversations
• Develop and communicate clear goals and objectives for the team aligned to our business strategy.

Entain has adopted globally recognised best practices by joining the EDM Association’s DCAM® (Data Management Capability Assessment Model) framework in 2023, and became a founder member of the DEP (Data Excellence Program) [as a live link to EDM website below] which was launched in 2024. As part of that programme we had an external independent assessment which accredited Entain with the DEP Gold award, recognising a huge improvement in Entain's full suite of data management capabilities since the first assessment in 2023. This is part of Entain's drive towards recognition as a world-class data management leader. DCAM is designed to enhance data management processes and nurture a data-centric culture. This is significantly improving the utilization of data analytics, organisational data literacy, client experiences, and driving data & AI strategy for the business.

We know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us you can expect to receive great benefits like:

• Safe home pickup and home drop (Hyderabad Office Only)
• Group Mediclaim policy
• Group Critical Illness policy
• Communication & Relocation allowance
• Annual Health check

And outside of this, you’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves

At Entain India, we do what’s right. It’s one of our core values and that’s why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, across any protected characteristic, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated.

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.

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