Senior Data Platform Engineer (Data Lake and Catalog)
Core
Build the core of Expedia Group's Lakehouse and data discoverability capabilities, evolving how the company stores, governs, and exposes data.
Role type
Senior IC data platform engineer (data lake/catalog)
Builds
Data lake platform, data catalog, and Lakehouse infrastructure
Domain
Travel technology + Big Data infrastructure
Required skills
JVM, Kotlin, Java, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, AWS (EMR, S3, Glue), system design, observability, SLOs
Preferred skills
Open-source contributions, architectural pattern knowledge, mentoring
Technologies
Apache Iceberg, Circus Train, Waggle Dance, EMR, S3, Glue, Spark, Hive, AWS
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable, testable, observable software for the data lake platform; Lead technical design for services supporting scale and resilience; Mentor engineers through technical guidance and pairing; Collaborate with architects and partner teams to build broad-solution services; Contribute to open-source communities; Drive SLO-driven culture and incident learnings.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
