Data Engineer
Expedia Group has a mission to become the world’s travel platform. As part of that effort, Expedia Group’s Clickstream organization is building a common platform for all Expedia brands to capture and enrich data in order to power AI, data science, and programmatic platforms
The Data Engineer role will be part of the Data Products team in the Expedia Group Clickstream organization. The Data Products team will enrich event streams in real-time to provide programmatic access to clean, fast, and authoritative data sources for the entire company. We will create robust enriched data products at rest (periodic facts, aggregates) and refresh them intra-day to enable self-service analytics
What You’ll Do:
Design, build, and support scalable and durable data solutions that can enable self-service consumption use cases using cloud based technologies in an agile manner
Support Expedia Group’s product and business teams’ specific data needs on a global scale
Close partnership with internal partners from engineering, product, and business
Write clean, efficient and thoroughly tested code
Be part of an agile team that is continuously learning and improving
Develop scalable and highly-performant distributed systems with everything this entails (availability, monitoring, resiliency)
Work with our business partners to flesh out and deliver on requirements in an agile manner
Evolve development standards and practices
Take architectural ownership for various critical components and systems
Proactive problem-solving at the organization level
Communicate and document solutions and design decisions
Build bridges between technical teams to enable valuable collaborations
Promote good development methodologies via code reviews, great software design, brown bags or tech talks
Provide support to both internal and external team members where necessary
Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and efficient processes
Who you are:
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related experience required
Experience building data pipelines with data from event streams, NoSQL, APIs etc. using distributed data frameworks
Experience in batch processing (using Spark) and stream processing required
Professional development experience in Scala/Java required
Experience with different aspects of data systems including database design, data modeling, performance optimization, SQL etc.
Understanding and experience in Kafka, Kubernetes, Spring, AWS, Hive, Docker a huge plus
Experience in Clickstream domain (tracking libraries, server side logging, canonical event model, data & self-service analytics etc.) a huge plus
Strong communication skills (able to explain concepts to non-technical audiences as well as peers)
Self-starter who is highly organized, communicative, quick learner, and team-oriented
Why Join Us:
Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are a global travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so. Whether you’re applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares. If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you. Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia Cruises™ and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. 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. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.