Senior Data Engineering Manager

PENN Entertainment, Inc. is North America’s leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences. From casinos and racetracks to online gaming, sports betting, and entertainment content, they deliver experiences people want, how and where they want them.

They are seeking passionate individuals to create and deliver cutting-edge online gaming and sports media products through platforms like Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook, or theScore media app. These platforms are powered by proprietary in-house technology, a key component of PENN’s omnichannel gaming and entertainment strategy.

When you join PENN Entertainment’s digital team, you’ll work on these cutting-edge platforms and be part of a company committed to your career growth, supporting skill expansion and new opportunities.

About the Role & Team

As part of the Data Engineering team, you’ll partner closely with Data Services, Analytics Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders to design and deliver scalable, reliable, and high-quality data solutions. The ideal candidate has strong leadership and communication skills, a passion for data, a strong background in computer science, and an interest in professional sports, betting, and/or eSports.

About the Work

As a key member of the team, you will:

• Manage the day-to-day activities of the data engineering team, providing goal setting, mentorship, AI-assisted SDLC, coaching, leadership, guidance, and performance management and feedback.
• Communicate professionally with state and provincial regulatory professionals, setting clear expectations with regulators.
• Operate a high-responsibility workstream with strict deadlines and be subject to auditors.
• Collaborate with analytics, finance, compliance, and other engineering teams to build data pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling to support Analytics initiatives.
• Prioritize and manage data-related projects cross-functionally from inception to delivery.
• Assist in the design and maintenance of data pipelines and contribute to the continual enhancement of the data engineering architecture.
• Collaborate with the team to meet performance, scalability, and reliability goals.
• Stay current with trends, techniques, technology, and other factors impacting data engineering as necessary.
• Perform other duties as required.

About You

• A solid foundation in data engineering science, with strong competencies in computer science, distributed systems, and software/system design.
• Minimum 3 years in a data-oriented leadership or management role, combined with at least 5 years of experience in software/data development.
• Experience leading teams of 3 engineers or more.
• Experience in a regulated industry strongly encouraged.
• Demonstrated time management, project management, and problem-solving skills, and experience using Atlassian and other agile tools.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to various stakeholders, including non-technical members of the organization.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to make and defend priority calls with stakeholders based on technical assessment and regulatory need. Excellent teamwork and team-building skills with a proven ability to delegate.
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools like Airflow, DBT, AWS Lambdas, etc.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, Python, and Docker.
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and related services.
• Systems design fundamentals plus working knowledge of data architecture and governance.
• Nice to Have: Web experience (React, Django, Flask), Docker, machine learning concepts, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package
• Fun, relaxed work environment
• Education and conference reimbursements
• Opportunities for career progression and mentoring others