Director of Data Platform Engineering, Expedia Group
$221-309.5k
Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $353,500.00
Office located in HomeAway, Austin
Online travel shopping company
Job no longer available
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$221-309.5k
Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $353,500.00
Office located in HomeAway, Austin
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Leader with experience building and operating data platforms in a large enterprise environment, with specialization working on distributed data processing systems
- Experienced people manager who has organized and developed other managers and high-performing teams
- A thought leader who can craft a compelling technology vision and influence action with partner teams
- Possess extensive coding and development experience with widely used programming languages in software and data engineering, such as Java and Scala
- Experience with tools and frameworks of a modern data architecture including compute, workflow orchestration, query engines, data catalogs, table formats, and storage
- Proven expertise in implementing, operating, and optimizing large-scale data applications using Spark and Airflow. Knowledge of Kafka and Flink are a plus
- Experienced operations leader, comfortable with maintaining service reliability for critical platforms, defining SLA/SLO’s, managing operational service KPI’s
- Effective verbal and written communicator with the ability to think strategically about technology decisions and manage relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership
- BS or MS in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related fie
What the job involves
- The Data and AI group is looking for a top-tier data professional to join us as Director of Data Engineering to lead the development of EG’s data processing platform capabilities
- As a senior engineering leader, you will define short and long-term roadmaps that align with our data strategy and lead technical implementation of data processing services
- You will have responsibility for managing multiple engineering teams, platform operations, and working with our internal partners to influence change and collaboratively working towards shared technology and business outcomes
- Lead engineering teams in modernization of data processing capabilities across Expedia Group
- Improve developer productivity through implementation of workflow automation, self-service, and streamlined data platform experiences
- Define, measure, and be accountable for platform operational resilience and software quality assurance (e.g. unit testing, SLO’s, security, incident response, etc.)
- Define objectives, milestone and metrics to provide clarity for engineering teams and stakeholders
- Keep the organization informed by preparing materials and communication about initiative progress, capabilities, and roadmaps
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, and program partners to scope, prioritize, and solution data platform services to achieve measurable business outcomes
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts that impair the team’s ability to meet short-term and long-term goals
- Engage team members with learning & development activities
- Implementing best practices for hiring and retaining top talent
Our take
Expedia is an online travel agency. They enable users to access a wide range of services including airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the world wide web and telephone travel agents. Its primary web businesses include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, and Egencia.com.
Between 2021 and 2022, Expedia has been selling and merging a list of its sub-brands in a bid to simplify its operations, including Egencia and Classic Vacations. Due to plummeting share prices, mostly in the case of its sub-brands, Expedia has been leveraging its subsidiaries' customer base and merging them into the company’s core brand. Contrasting this move, Expedia has also been partnering with tech start-ups in a bid to make travel more accessible to underserved groups. Becoming Rentable, a travel company for the disabled is one of 12 startups that are part of Expedia Group’s new Open World Accelerator Programme.
What this indicates is Expedia’s shift from buying other travel companies and a move towards enhancing the experience of its preexisting customer base. This move is aiding in a long-term plan for greater long-term traveler loyalty, utilizing Expedia’s vast amounts of data, not just from reviews, but from check-in, cleanliness, communication, cancelations, etc to inform how guests experience a property.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Leisure Travel Reimbursement
- Travel Discounts
- Family & Friends Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Global Service Awards
- Business Travel Medical Insurance
- Matching Gifts
- Expert Medical Opinion
- New Parent Benefit
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 401K Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
Company HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Peter M. Kern
(CEO, not founder)Has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018. Previously CEO of Tribune Media and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm.
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