Senior Data Engineer

The role

You will build and operate the data backbone that serves as the single source of truth for the organization. You will develop data pipelines, design data models, and build automated checks to support business-critical reporting.

What you will do

• Develop and monitor robust data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Rundeck/Airflow
• Design performant data models and optimize complex SQL queries
• Build automated checks and alerts for financial and operational reports
• Automate repetitive tasks and build self-service tools
• Experiment with and leverage AI-assisted coding tools
• Translate business questions into technical solutions

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in data engineering or analytics engineering within a related data-centric environment
• Experience owning end-to-end data pipelines (ingest → transform → test → monitor)
• Strong SQL skills
• Familiarity with distributed/columnar/OLAP systems (examples: Redshift, Trino, Vertica)
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres)
• Proficiency in Python
• Software-engineering approach to building testable, maintainable code
• Experience with workflow orchestration and containerization (examples: Airflow, Docker)
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Stream processing or real-time systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink)
• Modern BI tooling (e.g., Looker, Superset)
• CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Web frameworks for internal tools (e.g., Django, Flask)

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
• Company-wide week off a year
• No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts

About the company

KAYAK is the world's leading travel search engine and part of Booking Holdings. It operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined.