The Florida Panthers
Senior Data Engineer, Hockey Operations
Baptist Health IcePlex, Fort Lauderdale, FL · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
PythonSQLPostgreSQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsData EngineeringData ScienceResearchProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- The Florida Panthers enter their 33 rd season in 2026-27 as one of the National Hockey League's premier franchises.
- As back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in 2024 and 2025, the Cats have emerged victorious in 11 of their past 12 postseason series and have captured four Eastern Conference championships.
- The Panthers are led by President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Bill Zito entering his seventh season, and President of Business Operations Michael White who begins his first full season.
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines supporting both batch and real-time data workflows across Hockey Operations
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual workflows and improve pipeline observability through monitoring, alerting, and logging
- Partner with analysts, scouts, and Hockey Operations staff to translate business questions into well-engineered, scalable data solutions
- Design and optimize data warehouse structures, storage strategies, and compute workflows on Google Cloud Platform for long-term reliability and performance
Requirements
- Minimum of 4-6 years of professional experience in data engineering, database management, or closely related roles
- Demonstrated experience leading data engineering projects or mentoring junior engineers
- Hands-on, cloud engineering experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
- Strong experience with data modeling, data warehouse design, and building production-grade ETL pipelines
- Must be able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays during key periods of the hockey schedule.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred
- Prior experience working in sports analytics, sports technology, or with sports performance data is a significant asset
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a passion for building things that last
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field required
- Master's degree preferred
- Expert proficiency in SQL (PostgreSQL strongly preferred) and Python for data engineering, scripting, and pipeline development
- Familiarity with hockey analytics concepts, NHL data sources, or sports performance data strongly preferred
Benefits
- veterans' affairs; children's health and education; raising awareness for the endangered Florida Panther; and growing youth hockey throughout the region.
- Baptist Health IcePlex, Fort Lauderdale, FL - On-Site
Visa & Work Authorization
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