[Hiring] Data Engineer @lastminute.com

Role Description

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller's journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are passionate about using data to improve business performance, enjoy challenging projects and are skilled at data modeling, keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job.

The job in brief:

• Job Title: Data Engineer
• Working model: remote in Spain
• Team: you will join the Data Analytics Team
• Level: Professional
• Location: Spain
• Contract: Permanent - full-time (36 h/week)

What your impact will be:

• Architect & Build: Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines and architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Innovate: Champion new approaches and technologies, leveraging AI to optimize data processes and generate deeper insights.
• Collaborate: Partner closely with internal and business stakeholders to understand their data needs, translating requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Prioritize: Manage competing demands and strategically prioritize projects to deliver maximum business value.
• Ensure Quality: Guarantee the performance, reliability, and scalability of our data systems through rigorous testing and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Experience: At least 6 years of experience as a data engineer, with a proven track record of building and maintaining production-grade data systems.
• Cloud Expertise: Strong knowledge of SQL and hands-on experience with cloud-based Big Data platforms like Google BigQuery.
• ETL/ELT: Expertise in data modeling and developing and maintaining data transformation pipelines using tools like dbt.
• Orchestration: Experience with workflow management engines such as Airflow.
• Automatization: Use Terraform/AWS CloudFormation to manage and automate the provisioning and configuration of cloud infrastructure.
• Programming: Proficiency in at least one programming language, with a strong preference for Python.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Desirable:
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Qlik, Tableau, Looker, or Power BI.
• Develop and implement solutions to scrape and extract data from various sources and transform it into a usable format.
• Previous experience in the travel, digital, or e-commerce industries.
• A strong understanding of data analysis principles and how to apply them to improve business outcomes.

Benefits

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities).
• Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays.
• Flexible start and end of the working day, with core hours from 10:00 to 4:00 pm.
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations.
• Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.
• Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content.
• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes.
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues.
• Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares.
• We support our employees through life's significant moments with leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws.

Selection Process

• HR interview
• 1st Manager Interview (30 minutes)
• 2nd Manager Interview + Technical Test (1 hour)
• Offer extended

Company Description

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.