Data Analytics Engineer

Direct travel is on a journey of data transformation, and we are seeking a skilled and motivated Data Analytics Engineer to join our team to be a pivotal part of our history.

The ideal candidate will be crucial to the design, execution and delivery of a best-in-class global analytics platform, providing data insights and global reporting for both internal stakeholders and thousands of clients globally.

A successful candidate will have hands on experience crafting embedded analytics applications, possess a background in software engineering and understand the latest methods and techniques in provisioning key visualizations and self-service capabilities within our data products.

In the role of an Analytics Engineer, a qualified candidate will work across engineering and data related assignments, contributing to the development of analytics products and using a data-driven mindset to solve business problems across the organization.

Going the Extra Mile (Responsibilities)

• Data Management: Data collection and processing across various raw and unimproved data marts.
• Reporting & Visualization: Develop and implement key visualizations, reports, modeling and performance improving optimizations to our core data products.
• Collaboration: Work closely with IT and business units to understand data requirements and provide actionable insights and solutions to data problems.
• Process Improvement: Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex IT data sets to drive process improvements and policy development.
• Analytics & Insights: Provide key and differentiating industry insights for our customers through clear and concise analytical representations of core travel data.

Do you have experience in Writing skills?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field or equivalent experience.

• Technical Proficiency: *

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with databases of all varieties including RDBMS SQL based platforms as well as document stores.
• Demonstrable experience with a programming language typically used in the field of data and analytics engineering e.g. Python, R or Scala.
• Experience and understanding of web application development, front-end reactive applications such as VueJS or React as well as familiarity with middle and back-end software development methodologies.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and SCM through Git or an alternative.

• Cloud proficiency: *

• Experience with a cloud providers such as Amazon AWS, Azure or GCP and associated data platforms and products they provide., + Full understanding of the data lifecycle, from pipeline development to warehouse architecture to reporting and analytics enablement.
• Senior level experience with more than one cloud-based analytics platform such as Looker, Tableau or PowerBI.
• Experience developing semantic models across wide-reaching data in sustainable and performant ways.
• Exposure and understanding to cloud-based warehouse platforms such as Snowflake, DataBricks or Azure DataLake.
• Prior experience implementing governance and compliance related frameworks to analytics data products.
• Inquisitive diagnostic skills related to query and system tuning and performance.
• Experience building bespoke data products from the ground up that utilize analytics and business intelligence platforms in an integration manner for visuals and core functionality.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively share findings with stakeholders.
• Attention to Detail: Adept at queries, report writing, and presenting findings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven working experience as a data analytics engineer.
• Platforms: Snowflake, Looker and LookML modeling experience.

Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance

Direct Travel/ATPI is one of the fastest growing Travel Management Companies (TMC) in the world. By leveraging both the expertise of its people and innovative technology solutions, Direct Travel/ATPI enables clients to derive the greatest value from their travel program in terms of superior service, progressive technologies, and significant cost savings. Direct Travel/ATPI has offices globally and is currently ranked among the top providers on Travel Weekly’s Power List. For more information, visit https://www.dt.com/about-us/careers