Senior Data Engineer

TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism business. Airline Data Solutions is a global team within TUI technology responsible effective delivery of IT capabilities that support our global airline. We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts across Architecture, Engineering, DevOps and Agile Delivery providing services across the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

At TUI we’re ambitious to become the leader in technology within the travel industry and to achieve this we are looking to build a capable, creative team who want to be a part of accomplishing that goal.

We never stop looking ahead, seeking new ways to delight our customers and grow our business. We recognise the power of digital and the massive contribution this brings to creating a truly unique and differentiated customer experience. 

We are looking for a talented and dedicated technical enthusiast to join our Airline Data Solutions team which provides cloud services, data pipelines and data storage for multiple areas of the Airline business.

The Senior Data Engineer is a practitioner and an advocate of state-of-the-art data engineering practices. Working in an agile environment and keeping up with the ever-evolving technical landscape the Senior Data Engineer is a lifelong learner and likes to think outside the box.

Application Closing Date: 28/11/2024 (Please note that due to a high number of applications we might need to close the role earlier than the application closing date - so don't delay!)

ABOUT OUR OFFER

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, bonus opportunity, exclusive travel perks & discounts, extensive health & wellbeing support, and more.
• Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance and offer hybrid or remote working models.
• A career to shape: Opportunities to upskill, reskill and grow your career. Access the TUI Tech Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
• Expand your horizons: Participate in our tech communities and collaborate on global projects and teams.
• Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation and the Sustainable Tech Community. 

ABOUT THE JOB

• As a Senior Data Engineer, you are a go-to person working as part of a cross-functional team or a practice team that enables data engineering skills and capabilities across a whole domain. Being an enthusiast in data engineering, with an advanced DevSecOps mindset, you’ll use your excellent collaboration skills to work with your team to deliver the best answers to our customers’ needs with full responsibility for its data flows, from design to operation. 
• You care diligently about the quality of your work, including proper documentation and security aspects.
• You will use your deep technical skills to work closely with your colleagues to ensure an optimal data delivery architecture which is consistent throughout ongoing highly complex projects. 
• You will work on data collection, data pipelines, data delivery to other systems and building an advanced core data warehouse. 
• Furthermore, you support your fellow Data Analysts and Data Scientists on data engineering tasks and work as a team to deliver data driven solutions. 
• With your advanced skillset for understanding and solving problems you are able to take full ownership of complex topics or multi-faceted initiatives and outcomes panning across your domain.
• You are able to verbalise your thoughts and ideas and take the initiative to translate ideas into outcomes. 
• Together with the domain’s teams as well as the Group Enabler teams you will research, evaluate and test new approaches, processes and tools and help teams to use them effectively. 
• You take part in Communities of Practice, including collaboration in shared initiatives to grow your experience. 
• You regularly coach, guide and develop more junior colleagues. 
• You are able to verbalise your thoughts and ideas and take the initiative to translate ideas into outcomes. 
• Together with the domain’s teams as well as the Group Enabler teams you will research, evaluate and test new approaches, processes and tools and help teams to use them effectively. 
• You take part in Communities of Practice, including collaboration in shared initiatives to grow your experience. 
• You regularly coach, guide and develop more junior colleagues. 
• You love to work in an international, multi-cultural team. 
• You challenge constructively and have high expectations of yourself and others. 
• You always drive for technical excellence, ownership and self-organisation at team and personal level. 
• You love to learn and acquire new skills and keep up to date with latest developments in your focus areas. 

Security is part of everyone’s job. At TUI, we practise secure behaviours first in everything we do. 

ABOUT YOU

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer.
• Demonstrable experience of building a cloud-based data warehouse.
• Experienced in design, implementation and use of different database structures. 
• Outstanding SQL, Python and data profiling skills. 
• Advanced experience with building ETL/ELT pipelines. 
• Strong hands-on experience with modern cloud data storage systems (e.g. AWS, S3, Snowflake, or any other cloud storage system). 
• On the spot conversion of high-level business & technical requirements and converting them into technical specs.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, preferably Gitlab CI.
• Strong skillset in using cloud technologies (AWS preferred).
• Customer centric, passionate about delivering great digital products and services. 
• Demonstrating true engineering craftsmanship mindset. 
• Passionate about continuous improvement, collaboration and being part of a team.
• Compelling coaching and training skills for imparting professional data engineering skills. 
• Strong problem-solving skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of social and ethical implications of data engineering (e.g. like described in the ACM Code of Ethics).
• Open minded, inquisitive, life-long learner.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, highly autonomous.
• Previous experience working in the Airline industry an advantage.

From a workplace to a place to belong.  At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

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