Associate Data Engineer at Flutter Entertainment, Hyderabad

Flutter Entertainment is hiring an Associate Data Engineer for its Data & Platforms team in Hyderabad. The role needs 1+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, BI or a related field. Internships and graduate programmes count.

You will build and maintain data pipelines with SQL, Python and Spark/PySpark, and support the data platform on Databricks and AWS. You will work under the guidance of senior engineers. The job is hybrid, with 2 office days a week.

Job Details

• Company: Flutter Entertainment
• Role: Associate Data Engineer
• Team: Data & Platforms, Flutter Functions Global Platforms
• Experience: 1+ years
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Employment type: Permanent
• Work mode: Hybrid, 2 office days a week
• Office: Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad
• On-call: Required once onboarded

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain data pipelines under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Develop ELT/ETL workflows using SQL, Python and Spark/PySpark.
• Follow data ingestion and modelling standards (medallion bronze, silver, gold) and add data quality checks.
• Monitor BI jobs and queries and help tune performance.
• Answer user queries on data integrity, access and permissions. Escalate functional and technical issues.
• Give day-to-day platform support across Databricks, AWS, permissions, compute and CI/CD.
• Help monitor Databricks and AWS usage and build cost and usage reports or dashboards.
• Write clean, tested, production quality code. Keep documentation and runbooks current.
• Join the on-call rota once onboarded, including support during large sporting events.
• Learn new tools and share knowledge within your squad.

What You Need

• 1+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, BI or a related role. Internships and graduate programmes count.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Good working knowledge of SQL and Python.
• Exposure to Spark/PySpark or other distributed data processing tools.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS (S3, IAM, EC2).
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts: ETL/ELT, data modelling and relational databases.
• Familiarity with Git workflows: branches, pull requests and code reviews.
• Exposure to Agile ways of working.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and willingness to learn.
• Good communication skills with technical and business users.
• Willingness to join the on-call rota.

Preferred Skills

These are good to have. They are not mandatory.

• Hands-on Databricks experience: notebooks, Workflows/Lakeflow Jobs and Databricks SQL.
• Databricks certification (Data Engineer Associate) or AWS certification (Cloud Practitioner, Data Engineer Associate).
• Delta Lake and lakehouse or medallion architecture.
• Unity Catalog concepts: catalogs, schemas, grants, groups and service principals.
• Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (DLT), Auto Loader or Structured Streaming.
• Streaming tools such as Kafka or Apache Pulsar.
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions, YAML, Databricks Asset Bundles or Terraform.
• Databricks CLI/SDK, REST APIs and Linux or shell scripting.
• AI/BI dashboards, Genie spaces or BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
• GenAI on Databricks (Model Serving, Vector Search, AI functions) and AI coding assistants.
• Basic Kubernetes, Docker or ArgoCD.
• Identity and access concepts: Okta/SSO, SCIM and AWS IAM.
• Interest in sports betting and gaming, or finance data domains.

Benefits

• Learnerbly and Udemy access, plus a self-development fund.
• Internal mobility programmes.
• Health insurance for you and dependents.
• OPD consultation cover and an annual full body health checkup.
• Well-being fund and a 24/7 assistance programme.
• Flexible leave, including maternity, paternity and sabbaticals.
• Free meals, cab allowance and a home office setup allowance.
• Employer PF contribution, gratuity, personal accident and life insurance.
• Sharesave plan to buy discounted company shares.
• Volunteering leave, team events, Kudos recognition and referral rewards.

How to Apply

1. Check that you meet the experience and skills listed above.
2. Use Apply on Original Source ↗ at the top of this job page and follow the application instructions.
3. Keep your resume ready with SQL, Python, Spark and AWS work highlighted.

Before You Apply

• Confirm you can join the on-call rota, including during major sporting events.
• Confirm you can work from the Hi-Tech City office 2 days a week.
• Flutter encourages candidates who meet most, but not all, requirements to apply.