About Booking.com
At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.
Role Description
This role is based in Amsterdam. The scope of the Accommodation team touches all the products that relate to Accommodations, from the platform to the end-user and everything in between. This is the largest and fastest growing department at Booking.com. You will have a chance to help one of the largest travel websites in the world!
In the Search, Match & Book area, our mission is to make it easier for travelers to find and book their perfect trip. One of the foundational tasks to deliver this is to build a
source of truth in the company for Traveler Behaviour Funnel Data. Some main projects involve connecting data from different products, collaborating with the Engineers who produce the data, gathering needs from Analytics end-users and applying use cases of this data to the business.
As an Analytics Engineer, you will be working with partners throughout the company to ensure we have high-quality data to power our business in all departments. Decisions for every part of our business -- from the front end experience to performance marketing to partner products -- are driven by petabytes of our data via MySQL, Hadoop, Cassandra, etc. Your challenge will be to make sure we can apply our petabyte-scale data even more effectively to support business decisions and improve our products. Joining a multi-functional team of developers, designers, data scientists, and product owners, we invite you to help us crunch the data to ensure our place as the planet’s #1 accommodation site.
Key Job Responsibilities And Duties
As an Analytics Engineer, you will be in charge of the development, performance, quality, and scaling of our data and metrics generating pipelines. You will work closely with a team of Data Scientists and Analysts as well as product.
- Develop scalable, flexible, and high-performance datasets and metrics by building data pipelines that process large amounts of data and power business critical decision making.
- Partner with analysts, data scientists and product partners on the data needs for metrics, dashboards, and analytic capabilities that will have the greatest impact on business decisions.
- Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions through your own work as well as acting as an intermediary for problems and connecting the work of software engineers to analytics stakeholders.
- End-to-end ownership of data and metrics quality in your team’s datasets and pipelines.
- Abstract patterns across dashboards and analyses in order to simplify and reuse code and data across the workflows involved. Optimize the analytics workflows to achieve scale and reliability.
- Help drive the modernization of Booking’s analytics systems, partnering with the data platform teams to leverage and influence the latest technologies. Be a force for keeping data and systems current with the latest technologies.
Role Qualifications And Requirements
- You have 3+ years of professional experience in the broad field of Data Engineering and hold a Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
- You have experience working directly in Analytics or Data Science, or have collaborated on E2E projects with colleagues specializing in these topics before
- You have a working knowledge of the statistics behind A/B testing and are comfortable with basic modeling techniques such as linear regression.
- You have experience designing systems E2E, going from problem statements via ideation to data and metrics in production.
- Proven knowledge of Python and Spark is required
- You have knowledge of Hadoop, Hive, Oozie, Kafka, Airflow.
- Experience with Data Warehousing and ETL/ELT pipelines at scale
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and product stakeholders - verbal and written
Benefits & Perks : Global Impact, Personal Relevance
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parental (22-weeks paid leave), grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
- Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, working from home furniture and ergonomic support, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
- A beautiful sustainable HQ Campus in Amsterdam , that offers on-site meals, coffee, and snacks, multi-faith and breastfeeding rooms at the office*
- Commuting allowance and bike reimbursement scheme
- Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products, upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3, and friends & family Booking.com discount vouchers
- Free access to online learning platforms, development and mentorship programs
- Global Employee Assistance Program, free Headspace membership
#ThinkInclusion : Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Booking.com
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations. Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the interview process. Please contact us to request adjustments.
Career Development Opportunities
- Bi-annual performance conversations, company-wide mentoring program, and internal development opportunities
- Unlimited access to online learning platforms: Udemy, Coursera, LinkedIn learning, O'reilly
Application Process
- The interview process entails: an online Coding challenge, a coding interview, a system design interview, and a final behavioral interview
- Full relocation support will be offered for you and your family (if the case) to move to Amsterdam - one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe!!!
Pre- Employment Screening
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.
