Data Engineer II

About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll join to work alongside curious, energetic, and focused people. You are responsible for delivering our vision to create a fully integrated, scalable, high performance and compliant data platform and pipelines. You’ll help roadmap and deliver replacements for the current ad-hoc data solutions with strong foundations built on modern technologies and practices that will make it easy to produce large quantities of high quality data for consumption and analysis. We expect you to actively contribute to team discussion with questions, have and share opinions and align behind decisions when made as if they were your own.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

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• Iteratively develop next-generation scalable, reliable, flexible, high-performance data pipeline capabilities and data platforms.

  
  

• Use standardised tooling and procedures to work with business users to model and implement data pipelines which are performant, scalable, reliable, secure, well governed with required observability.

  
  

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• Engage with other teams as needed to achieve business objectives.

  
  

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• End-to-end ownership of data quality in our core datasets and data pipelines.

  
  

• Engage with other teams to help them identify and resolve data quality issues.

  
  

• Be responsible for maintaining data quality, security, integrity and governance by effectively following regulatory requirements, company standards, and best practices

  
  

• Adhere to the defined principles for architecture, quality and non-functional requirements.

  
  

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• Proactively help colleagues grow professionally, taking a significant role in on-boarding and mentoring new team members.

  
  

• Continuously improve services you own, making them more performant, and utilising resources in the most optimised way.

  
  

• Ensure that products / services are always kept up to date with the latest technology standards and company guidelines.

  
  

• Ensuring that service level agreements are met by implementing tests and processes.

  
  

• Perform profiling to find bottlenecks and optimise performance, and ensure that performance metrics are set up and monitored for product health.

  
  

• Be able to connect business and product goals to complex technical tasks.

  
  

• Solve issues by prioritising; on customer impact and perform root cause analysis to find ways to prevent recurrence.

  
  

• Contribute to Booking.com’s growth through interviewing, on-boarding and other recruitment efforts.

  
  

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• Be working in an agile environment and expect to contribute towards your team's ways of working.

  
  

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• Be expected to provide out of hours support on a rota.

  
  

Qualifications & Skills:

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• Appropriate degree or suitable background and experience in technology.

  
  

• 3+ years of experience of designing, building, and optimising Data Warehouses in databases such as MSSQL (with SSIS), MySQL or Redshift etc.

  
  

• 1+ years of experience in a scripting language like Python or Scala.

  
  

• Experience in Data Modelling.

  
  

• Self motivated to explore new technologies.

  
  

• Excellent communication skills - being able to effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  
  

• Excellent attention to detail.

  
  

• Be a ‘Self Starter’ and highly motivated team player.

  
  

• Have a ‘root cause analysis’ mindset to problem and issue resolution. Is able to break down complex problems and find solutions by using logical and analytical thinking.

  
  

• Fully comfortable working in English, both written and spoken.

  
  

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• Experience with Python, Airflow, Snowflake, DBT, pySpark.

  
  

• Experience working in a Data Governance L3 environment

  
  

• Experience with Data Vault Modelling

  
  

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• Experience with AWS.

  
  

• Passionate about test automation

  
  

• You have an intrinsic curiosity in technological innovations and you are always on top of the latest trends.

  
  

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

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• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave

  
  

• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)

  
  

• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

  
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Application Process:

This section should provide:

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• Let’s go places together: How we Hire

  
  

• If applicable: Detailed instructions on post-application requirements including any required application materials, deadlines, portfolios, coding challenges, or other assessments as defined by BU or department.

  
  

• This role does not come with relocation assistance.

  
  

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.