Choice Hotels International · 1 day ago
Senior Data Engineer
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expChoice Hotels International is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for their SkyTouch Technology division. In this role, you will design and maintain data pipelines, ensuring high-quality data is available for analytics and reporting.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR, and Athena
Architect and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions for both batch and real-time data processing
Lead the development of data models and schemas that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases
Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance through monitoring, alerting, and automated validation frameworks
Optimize cost and performance of AWS data solutions through efficient resource usage and tuning
Collaborate with other data engineers, analysts, and product teams to translate business requirements into technical data solutions
Establish and enforce best practices for data governance, security, and compliance, including IAM, encryption, and access controls
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level data engineers
Participate in architectural and code reviews, technical decision-making, and long-term data platform strategy
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related field Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Minimum of 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production data pipelines, with at least 2–3 years of hands-on experience using AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis) and how to architect them together
Strong programming skills in Python SQL, and/or Spark, with experience building production-grade data pipeline
Data modeling expertise for analytical and operational use cases (star/snowflake schemas, dimensional modeling)
Experience with batch and streaming data processing frameworks
Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-efficient data architectures
Strong understanding of distributed systems, data partitioning, and performance tuning
Expertise in data quality, observability, and reliability practices
Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices
Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across data pipelines and cloud infrastructure
Demonstrates key competencies to include managing complexity, valuing differences, and cultivating innovation
Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
Employee recognition programs
Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide
Company
Choice Hotels International
Choice Hotels International is a hospitality franchisor that provides businesses and travelers with a range of lodging options.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$600M2024-06-25Post Ipo Debt· $600M
1996-10-16IPO
Leadership Team
Judd Wadholm
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Brands
Noha Abdalla
Chief Marketing Officer
Recent News
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