Data Engineer I

at  Bookingcom

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.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Intermediate knowledge of data governance requirements based on standard methodologies, e.g.DAMA, and tooling for continuous automated data governance activities
• Proven understanding of data quality requirements and implementation methodologies
• 2 years of experience building data pipelines and transformations at scale, with technologies such as Hadoop, AirFlow, Kafka, Spark, MySQL, AWS
• 2 years of experience handling data streaming
• 1 year experience with data modeling

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Drive efficiency and resilience by mapping data flows between systems and workflows across the company
• Ensure standardization by following design patterns in line with global and local data governance requirements
• Support real-time internal and customer facing actions by developing real-time event based streaming data pipelines
• Enable rapid data-driven business decisions by supporting development of efficient and scalable data ingestion solutions
• Drive high-value data by connecting different disparate datasets from the different systems
• Monitor and follow relevant SLIs and SLOs
• Handle, mitigate and learn from incidents in a manner that improves the overall system health
• Ensure ongoing resilience of data processes by monitoring system performance and acting proactively identifying bottlenecks, potential risks, and failure point that might degrade overall quality
• Write readable and reusable code by applying standard patterns and using standard libraries
• Continuously evolve own craft by keeping up to date with the latest development in data engineering and related technologies and upskilling on these as needed
• Responsible for technical implementation and maintenance of data processing services and storage systems in line with the Data Governance Framework

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.