Data Engineer II

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About Booking.com

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 make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

Role Description

This role is based in Amsterdam. The scope of the Central Data Organisations within Marketplace Data, is to own the data capabilities between infrastructure and analytics. You will be supporting us to scale and migrate our multi-petabyte data estate. You will be creating new data architectures and help define and create new data products for both our data science & analytics communities, and our business stakeholders.

This team cuts across our supply verticals, and will be key in defining our data landscape for the future as we merge and standardise our business capabilities. This role will be responsible for the enabling of key strategic data delivery, so that we can step towards more sophisticated analytical use cases, and ensuring that we have high quality data available for all forms of intelligence, analysis, data flow and machine learning.\

As a Data Engineer, you will be working with partners throughout the company to ensure we have high-quality data to power our business in all departments. Decisions for every part of our business -- from the front end experience to performance marketing to partner products -- are driven by petabytes of our data via MySQL, Hadoop, Cassandra, etc. Your challenge will be to make sure we can apply our petabyte-scale data even more effectively to support business decisions and improve our products.

Key Responsibilities

• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance data pipelines;
• Solving issues with data and data pipelines, prioritizing based on customer impact, and building solutions that prevent them from happening again (root cause);
• End-to-end ownership of data quality in our core datasets and data pipelines;
• Experimenting with new tools and technologies to meet business requirements regarding performance, scaling, and data quality;
• Providing tools that enhance Data Quality company wide;
• Developing integrations between multiple applications and services, both on premise and in the cloud;
• Contributing to self-organizing tools that help the analytics community discover data, assess quality, explore usage, and find peers with relevant expertise;
• Building effective monitoring of data, and jumping in to handle outages.
• Responsible for technical implementation and maintenance of data processing services and storage systems in line with the Data Governance Framework.
• This role may require to be on an on-call rotation
  
  

Communication.Stakeholder

• Developers
• Product managers
• ML scientists
• ML engineers
  
  

Communication.Type

• Cooperation - To explain requirements and enable proper interaction of data products with other systems
• Cooperation - To co-define product requirements and maintain on-track development
• Information - To receive guidance on alignment with broader ML/AI strategy
• Cooperation - To explain requirements and enable proper interaction of data products with other systems
  
  

Communication.Frequency

• Continuous
• Continuous
• Frequent
• Frequent
  
  

Level of Education.Level of Education

• Master degree
  
  

Years of relevant Job Knowledge.Years of relevant Job Knowledge

• Broad Job Knowledge (3 - 5 years)
  
  

Requirements Of Special Knowledge/skills

• Software Systems Design Evaluate possible architecture solutions by taking into account cost, business requirements, technology requirements and emerging technologies Describe the implications of changing an existing system or adding a new system to a specific area, by having a broad, high-level understanding of the infrastructure and architecture of our systems Help grow the business and/or accelerate software development by applying engineering techniques (e.g. prototyping, spiking and vendor evaluation) and standards Meet business needs by designing solutions that meet current requirements and are adaptable for future enhancements
• Critical Thinking Find solutions to difficult or complex issues by applying different skills and techniques like analytical thinking, lateral thinking, and logical reasoning Constructively improve existing ideas, plans and solutions by reviewing them in a critical yet constructive manner, initiating concrete improvements and articulating their rationale Continuous Quality and Process Improvement Identify opportunities for process, system and/or structural improvements, by applying an understanding of process flows and the methods that can be used to boost effectiveness and efficiency
• End to End System Ownership Own a service end to end by actively monitoring application health and performance, setting and monitoring relevant metrics and act accordingly when violated Reduce business continuity risks and bus factor by applying state-of-the-art practices and tools, and writing the appropriate documentation such as runbooks and OpDocs Reduce risk and obtain customer feedback by using continuous delivery and experimentation frameworks Independently manage an application or service by working through deployment and operations in production
• Effective Communication Deliver clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience Achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practicing active listening Ask relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection techniques
  
  

Benefits & Perks: Global Impact, Personal Relevance

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parental (22-weeks paid leave), grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, working from home furniture and ergonomic support, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• A beautiful sustainable HQ Campus in Amsterdam, that offers on-site meals, coffee, and snacks, multi-faith and breastfeeding rooms at the office*
• Commuting allowance and bike reimbursement scheme
• Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products, upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3, and friends & family Booking.com discount vouchers
• Free access to online learning platforms, development and mentorship programs
• Global Employee Assistance Program, free Headspace membership
  
  

#ThinkInclusion: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Booking.com

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 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 create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the interview process. Please contact us to request adjustments.

Career Development Opportunities

• Bi-annual performance conversations, company-wide mentoring program, and internal development opportunities
• Unlimited access to online learning platforms: Udemy, Coursera, LinkedIn learning, O'reilly
  
  

Application Process

• The interview process entails: an online Coding challenge, a coding interview, a system design interview, and a final behavioral interview
• Full relocation support will be offered for you and your family (if the case) to move to Amsterdam - one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.
  
  

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.