Description:

Going is a travel-tech company with over 2M subscribers, evolving from a deal-alert platform to a data-powered travel experience.
The Data team is crucial for supporting engineering, product, and analytics initiatives across the organization.
The Senior Data Engineer will lead the design, building, and scaling of a robust data infrastructure.
This role involves shaping the future of the data ecosystem to ensure it is scalable, efficient, and supports high-impact decision-making.
The position requires collaboration across teams to enhance data capabilities and deliver exceptional value to members.
The role reports to the Director of Data.
Key responsibilities include designing complex data pipelines, developing a data lakehouse, optimizing data ingestion and storage strategies, maintaining data engineering best practices, collaborating with data science teams, and mentoring junior team members.

Requirements:

A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in data engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role is required.
Proficiency in big data technologies such as Spark and Kafka, as well as distributed computing frameworks is necessary.
Experience with cloud platforms like AWS EMR, Glue, and Databricks is essential.
Expertise in Python, SQL, and modern data engineering frameworks such as dbt and Airflow is required.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes is needed.
A strong track record of delivering scalable and resilient data pipelines is essential.
Experience with advanced analytics workflows, including machine learning models, is required.
Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders is necessary.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and data governance best practices is required.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to work US hours.
Preferred qualifications include AWS cloud platform certifications, Databricks certifications, and experience with real-time data processing technologies.

The starting salary for this role is competitive and includes equity.
The position offers a 100% remote work environment.
Employees can participate in annual team retreats to various destinations.
There is an open vacation policy with a minimum of 15 days off.
Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance is provided.
A 401(k) plan with a 5% match is available.
Employees receive a stipend of $750 per quarter for remote work, wellness, and wisdom.
Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave is offered.
A meetup stipend is provided for employees who connect with co-workers.
Continuing education and development reimbursement is available.
Employees will face challenging problems and collaborate with an awesome team daily.