Senior Data Engineer, Customer Data Platform

$277,000 - $277,000/Yr

Expedia Group - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Expedia Group is on a transformative journey toward AI/ML driven hyper personalization of the traveler experience. At the foundation of every successful AI/ML initiative is data. The Customer Data Platform team at Expedia Group is looking for a proven, entrepreneurial, hands-on technical leader who will define and implement the technical vision for our next generation of traveler data products that will power EG's hyper personalized traveler experiences. In this role, you will define and own the technical vision and roadmap for a group of data products. You will work closely with business and product leaders to understand their objectives and provide technical strategies and solutions to support their goals. Your primary focus will be to build traveler data products that form the foundation of personalization efforts at EG across user acquisition, marketing communications, in-app experiences, and customer support. You will champion and exemplify an engineering culture of customer focus, engineering excellence, and continuous learning and improvement. Leading from the front, you will build data products and pipelines using batch, streaming, and API technologies. As a proven leader, you will synthesize big data system architectures and influence across engineering teams to turn their vision into reality. You will be a data-focused engineer with a full stack perspective, possessing deep expertise in data architecture, big data technologies, and data product development. This role requires an entrepreneurial engineer who thrives in ambiguity, defines clear technical visions, has a bias for action, and works effectively across every level and function of the technology-driven organization.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical vision and roadmap for a group of data products.
• Work with business and product leaders to understand their objectives and provide technical strategies and solutions to support their goals.
• Build traveler data products that form the foundation of personalization efforts at EG across user acquisition, marketing communications, in-app experiences, and customer support.
• Champion and exemplify an engineering culture of customer focus, engineering excellence, and continuous learning and improvement.
• Lead from the front by building data products and pipelines using batch, streaming, and API technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 7+ years of work experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years' experience in designing and implementing Big Data applications (data ingestion, Real Time data processing and batch analytics) in Big Data, Spark Streaming, Kafka, Hadoop, Map Reduce, Hive.
• Expert in SQL (T-SQL/PL-SQL), ETL and data modelling.
• Server-side programming skills in multiple languages (Scala/Java and Python).
• Delivered successful solutions using microservice architecture, OOAD and design patterns.
• Highly proficient with cloud computing platforms (AWS, EMR, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Proficient with workflow management tools (e.g., Airflow).
• Skilled practitioner of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Familiar with the E-commerce or travel industry.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries.
• Knowledge of data governance and data quality best practices.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Paid time off and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement.
• Travel discounts and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.