Remote Data Engineer
at Red Ventures

Summary

Join us in building innovative data solutions for the Lonely Planet / travel industry!

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering/ETL work
• Strong skills in Spark using Scala or Python
• Experience with AWS services such as S3, EC2, EMR, Glue, and Lambda
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake)
• Knowledge of Git and CI/CD processes
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and challenging the status quo
• Experience with data modeling and schema design
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB)
• Understanding of data security and compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ETL pipelines using Spark and Scala/Python
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create end-to-end data solutions
• Contribute to evolving our data engineering stack, including evaluating data catalog products and automating ETL processes
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior team members
• Iterate quickly, with a 'Speed Trumps Perfection' mindset
• Design and implement data models to support travel-related analytics and recommendations
• Optimize data pipelines for performance and cost-efficiency
• Ensure data quality and integrity throughout our systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Airflow or other workflow management tools
• Familiarity with streaming data processing (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis)
• Knowledge of geospatial data processing
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with travel industry data or APIs
• Contributions to open-source projects

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program