Data Engineer

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KAYAK

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In this role, you will develop efficient data pipelines to create ML-ready datasets, ensuring pipeline reliability while clearly communicating technical decisions throughout the process.

Job summary

Job technologies

Your role in the team

  • Partner with the Data Science teams and help translate modeling needs into dataset requirements, then collaborate with Data Engineering and Data Platform to extend foundational pipelines into ML-ready datasets.
  • Design scalable and efficient dataset workflows and ensure pipeline reliability through validation, monitoring, and alerting; diagnose and resolve issues.
  • Ship production-ready data solutions that enable ML applications and deliver real-world impact on user experience and key business metrics.
  • Identify gaps and opportunities, contributing to technical decisions and roadmap priorities that strengthen the data foundation for current and future ML use cases.
  • Collaborate across Data Science, Engineering, and Data Platform, communicating technical decisions, findings, and trade-offs clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • Strong technical foundations in data engineering, software engineering, and systems design, backed by a track record of building and operating reliable, large-scale data pipelines. Demonstrated capability matters more than academic credentials.
  • Ownership, sound judgment, and systems thinking, with the ability to navigate technical, reliability, cost, and risk trade-offs while working independently and recognizing when to seek guidance.
  • Fluency with AI-assisted workflows, leveraging modern tools to improve productivity and quality while critically evaluating their outputs and limitations.
  • Curiosity, humility, and a collaborative mindset, with a commitment to continuous learning, sharing knowledge, and improving together.

Experience

  • Hands-on experience developing production data pipelines, with the ability to clearly explain the problems addressed, your specific contributions, and the resulting impact.

What we offer

  • This role will be required to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.

Topics you will work on

Job locations

About your employer

KAYAK is a renowned metasearch engine for travel services and is part of Booking Holdings. The company processes billions of search queries and provides travelers with a wide range of offers from various sources. With a presence in over 30 countries and AI-powered tools, KAYAK simplifies the search for flights, hotels, and rental cars.

Company type
Established Company
Work model
Hybrid, Onsite
Industry
Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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