Senior Data Engineer
Job Description
iGaming:
If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It’s all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.
Position Summary
Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. The company’s OpenGaming(tm) platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices. To learn more, visit lnw.com.
We are looking for a talented Senior Data Engineer to help build a brand-new Snowflake-based data platform from the ground up. Our organization aspires to lead AI driven transformation, and we have identified that a state-of-the-art Data Platform is an absolute prerequisite for such an endeavor. This is a unique opportunity to join at the early stages of this major data modernization initiative and shape the future of our analytics ecosystem
You’ll work closely with Data/BI Engineering and Analytics teams to design and implement scalable data pipelines, model high-quality datasets, and establish best practices across our modern data stack. If you enjoy hands-on engineering, solving data challenges, and working with cutting-edge cloud technologies, we’d love to meet you.
What You’ll Do
Help design and establish a scalable Snowflake architecture (databases, compute strategy, access model, environments).
Build and own production-grade data pipelines from ingestion through transformation to consumption.
Define and implement data modeling standards (e.g., layered architecture, semantic models).
Ensure data reliability by implementing testing, monitoring, and observability practices.
Partner with analytics and business stakeholders to translate data needs into durable data products.
Optimize performance and cost efficiency across Snowflake and pipeline workloads.
Contribute to data governance, security, and access patterns as part of platform design.
Help define and promote engineering best practices across the data team.
Qualifications
Strong experience as a Data Engineer in production environments
Deep SQL expertise and experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake preferred)
Solid understanding of data modeling, ELT patterns, and pipeline design
Experience building and operating reliable data pipelines (testing, monitoring, observability)
Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks
Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Fluency in spoken and written English.
Highly Desired skills
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure), especially object storage (S3, ADLS, GCS) and identity/access concepts.
Experience building with AI / GenAI— e.g., using LLMs or AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude), building RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, or working with Snowflake Cortex (Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, Cortex AI functions).
Hands-on experience with dbt for transformations and modeling.
Familiarity with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or cloud-native equivalents).
Familiarity with streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
Exposure to BI/reporting tools (Power BI, Looker, Tableau).
Additional Information
Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?
Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace.
The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis and the possibility to switch teams and projects as you and our business continues to develop and grow.
Exciting projects with opportunities for creating positive change to our game engineering ecosystem.
And if that is not enough; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible hybrid working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.
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