Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
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Job Description
KAYAK part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the worlds leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms we help people find their perfect flight stay rental car and vacation package. Were also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution KAYAK for Business.
As an employee of KAYAK you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo Cheapflights and HotelsCombined among others. From start-up to industry leader innovation is at our core and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
About the Role:
At KAYAK our mission is to empower everyone to confidently plan their travel. As the worlds leading travel search engine we process vast amounts of data every day and our marketing team uses this data to reach millions of travelers across the globe.
Were looking for a Senior Data Engineer with a solid foundation in building robust data pipelines and a team-player attitude to join our Marketing Data Engineering team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment enjoy working across teams and are eager to adopt change (especially innovations like AI coding assistants) this could be your next adventure.
What youll do:
Design build and maintain high-performance data pipelines and orchestration workflows
Write clean modular Python code to transform parse clean and enrich large datasets
Support partners by developing dashboards and visualizations
Partner closely with marketing analysts engineers and data scientists to define and deliver data needs
Actively participate in agile ceremonies code reviews and planning discussions
Experiment with and use AI coding tools to boost productivity and code quality
Our Tech Stack
Languages: Python SQL
Workflow orchestration: Airflow
Query engine: Trino
Data warehouse: Vertica
Source control: Git
AI coding tools: Cursor
Your Qualifications and Experience:
You have 6 years of professional experience in data engineering
Youre proficient in SQL and Python and know how to write scalable maintainable code
Youve worked with AI coding tools and are excited about how theyre shaping the future of development
You understand modern data architecture from ingestion to transformation to delivery
Youve built and operated Airflow pipelines (or something similar)
Youre used to estimating project scope managing timelines and delivering reliably
Soft Skills We Value:
Youre an excellent collaborator and communicator comfortable working with technical and non-technical peers
Youre a solution oriented and driven by curiosity
You appreciate change and innovation and youre quick to adapt your tools and practices
You thrive in an international fast-paced and feedback driven environment
Benefits and Perks
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Focus on mental health and well-being:
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
- Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- No meeting Fridays
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Focus on your career growth:
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Competitive retirement and health plans
- Free lunch 2 days per week
- Fun quarterly events such as boat trips arcades ski trips Thursday happy hours and more
Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table so were forming a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serveand fostering a culture where everyone feels free to be themselves.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
