Senior Data Engineer, BizTech

Airbnb

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Bangalore, India
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16 days ago
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Founded in 2008 and formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc., Airbnb is a global marketplace connecting travelers with hosts who offer unique accommodations, ranging from private rooms to entire homes. It operates a massive digital platform for booking stays, experiences, and travel services worldwide.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Engineer, BizTech

As a Senior Data Engineer, BizTech, you will join a team responsible for critical data related to tax, payments, legal compliance, and internal tools like CRM, Jira, and Workday. You will provide technical leadership by designing, implementing, and testing scalable data systems from architecture through production. Your daily work involves building batch and real-time pipelines, optimizing data models, and ensuring system stability through rigorous monitoring. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product managers and data scientists, to solve complex business challenges and advance the company's data engineering paved path. The role requires expertise in Spark, Kafka, Flink, SQL, Java, Scala, or Python. You will also manage integrations with relational and columnar databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, and BigQuery while mentoring team members on best practices for data quality and governance.

What does a Data Engineer earn?

Median $183138 from 214 postings across 58 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the design, implementation, and testing of data systems from architecture through production.
  • Build batch and real-time data systems to support critical business needs and products.
  • Design and optimize data models to meet specific business and product requirements.
  • Ensure system quality, performance, and stability through rigorous monitoring and QA practices.
  • Advance third-party data integrations and improve frameworks for data exchange and lineage.
  • Contribute to long-term data strategies and influence engineering practices across the organization.
  • Mentor team members on best practices for data quality and governance.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's/Master’s degree in CS/EE or a PhD with 6+ years of experience.
  • 9+ years of relevant experience for candidates without a PhD.
  • Extensive experience designing, building, and operating distributed data platforms like Spark, Kafka, or Flink at scale.
  • Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python along with strong SQL querying skills.
  • Proven track record of designing and optimizing batch and real-time data pipelines.
  • Expertise in data modeling, warehousing, and working with relational and columnar databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, or BigQuery.
  • Experience integrating machine learning models into data systems (preferred).
  • Strong leadership, mentorship, and communication skills to influence stakeholders and guide team members.

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