KAYAK

ETL Engineer

KAYAK

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: CambridgeMassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $115,000 - $120,000 per year

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain high-performance data pipelines and orchestration workflows
  • Write clean, modular Python code to transform, parse, clean, and enrich large datasets
  • Support stakeholders by developing dashboards and visualizations
  • Partner closely with marketing analysts, engineers, and data scientists to define and deliver data needs
  • Actively participate in agile ceremonies, code reviews, and planning discussions
  • Experiment with and use AI coding tools to boost productivity and code quality

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional experience in data engineering
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python, and know how to write scalable, maintainable code
  • Experience working with AI coding tools and are excited about how they’re shaping the future of development
  • Understanding modern data architecture from ingestion to transformation to delivery
  • Built and operated Airflow pipelines (or something similar)
  • Comfort estimating project scope, managing timelines, and delivering reliably
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working with technical and non-technical peers
  • A solution-oriented mentality, driven by curiosity
  • Welcomed change and innovation, and you’re quick to adapt your tools and practices
  • Thrived in an international, fast-paced, and feedback-driven environment
Benefits
  • health benefits
  • flexible spending account
  • retirement benefits
  • life insurance
  • paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays)
  • parental leave benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLdata pipelinesdata orchestrationdata transformationdata cleaningdata enrichmentAI coding toolsAirflowdata architecture
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationsolution-orientedcuriosityadaptabilityproject managementtimeline managementreliabilityinnovationfeedback-driven