Customer Data Engineer

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.

We are looking for a Customer Data Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveler's journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are passionate about customer experience, and great at data modelling and coding keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job. 

The candidate will have the opportunity to become a key member of the team leveraging the data engineering skills to improve the customer experience. Specifically, the engineer will have the chance to work on customer centric and cross domain projects (Loyalty, CRM & Marketing, Login, Consents, APP, etc.).

Job Description

Job Title - Customer Data Engineer

Working model - Madrid or all Spanish territory remote

Team - you will join the Data Analytics team within the Technology department.
Level - Professional (working in teams or individually on projects, with emphasis on technical/discipline knowledge rather than managing people) 

Contract - Permanent - full-time (EUR 36 h/week) 

What your impact will be 

• Understand and analyze functional needs, raw data and develop data dimensional models
• Design, build and deploy data pipelines with a focus on automation, performance optimization, scalability, and reliability aspects
• Data extraction, analysis and reporting, in order to drive performance insights and support business decisions
• Works closely with internal stakeholders in order to identify and prioritise business needs and opportunities 
• Explores and proactively propose new product and business opportunities 
• Closely partner with Data Analyst to implement data models and data pipelines that will allow the company to get all the insights needed
  

Qualifications

Your expertise:

• At least 2 years of experience in similar role
• Strong knowledge of SQL
• Experience with workflow management engines (e.g. Airflow)
• Experience in Data Modelling
• Experience with data quality and validation
• Experience in custom ETL design, implementation and maintenance (with tools such as: Talend, dbt, etc.)
• Ability to work creatively and analytically with a strong attitude for problem solving
• Proficiency in English both written and spoken.
  

Desirable:

• Programming languages knowledge (e.g. Python, R, Scala)
• Knowledge of data visualization tools like Qlik, Tableau, Looker, Power BI
• Experience working with cloud or on-prem Big Data/MPP analytics platform (e.g. AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery or similar)
• Ability to influence decision makers through presentations
• Familiarity with digital and ecommerce business
• Previous experience in the travel industry
• Experience in analysis

Additional Information

How we work together:
- 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
- Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations
How we learn together:
- 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
Other perks:
- 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.
Wish you were here? We do, too!

Selection process steps*:

• HR interview (10-30 minutes)
• Offline Tech test
• 1st interview (Manager): with test review
• 2nd interview (Manager + team member):
• Decision making & Offer extended
  (*Please note the process can slightly vary. The recruiter in charge will share more details when setting up the interview)

Our commitment to celebrate diversity and generate belonging

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility criteria:
By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorised to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.

Please submit your resume in English
Please submit your resume in English