Customer Data Engineer

Summary

Join lastminute.com, a European Travel-Tech leader, as a Customer Data Engineer in Madrid or remotely throughout Spain. You will be a key member of the Data Analytics team, leveraging your data engineering skills to enhance customer experience across various domains. This permanent, full-time position (36 hours/week) involves designing, building, and deploying data pipelines, performing data analysis and reporting, and collaborating with stakeholders. You will need at least two years of experience in a similar role, strong SQL knowledge, and experience with workflow management engines and data modeling. The company offers a shorter working week, flexible hours, remote work possibilities, professional development opportunities, and various other perks.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• 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