Company: Expedia Group
Location: Hybrid
At Expedia Group, we’re on a mission to shape the future of travel. We design cutting-edge technology that transforms how people travel, making it smoother, more personalized, and memorable. Our diverse, dynamic, and inclusive culture is at the heart of our success, and we empower our employees to innovate and grow.
Joining us means having the opportunity to make a real impact, grow your career, and be part of a global team that celebrates diversity and strives to provide the best travel experiences for everyone.
We offer an attractive benefits package including generous travel perks, flexible time off, parental leave, a hybrid work environment, and a commitment to career development, ensuring our employees have a fulfilling and rewarding career journey.
As a Senior Manager, Data Engineering at Expedia Group, you will lead a team of talented software data engineers focused on building and supporting Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) applications. You will manage the end-to-end development of user-friendly, scalable BI platforms, enabling business users to perform data exploration and reporting independently. This role offers you the opportunity to design and implement robust data environments that prioritize accessibility, performance, and security while ensuring the underlying data infrastructure is reliable and efficient.
Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performance team of data engineers responsible for building and maintaining self-service BI platforms. Provide technical guidance and career development opportunities.
Architect & Build BI Platforms: Oversee the design and implementation of self-service BI solutions that are intuitive, performant, and scalable. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including analytics engineers, BI developers, and product teams, to design systems that empower business users to easily access and visualize data.
Data Infrastructure & Pipelines: Lead the development of automated, scalable data pipelines that support BI applications. Ensure data integrity and streamline access to business-critical insights.
Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with stakeholders, including product managers, analysts, and program managers, to gather requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives. Deliver BI solutions that drive data-driven decision-making across Expedia.
Data Governance & Security: Implement and enforce data governance best practices, ensuring the security and privacy of sensitive data within self-service BI environments. Manage user access to ensure data is appropriately segmented.
Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor, optimize, and improve the performance of self-service BI platforms. Identify and address bottlenecks to ensure fast, reliable data access for end users.
Technology Evaluation & Innovation: Stay ahead of trends in BI tools, data engineering technologies, and analytics methodologies. Evaluate new technologies to improve the efficiency, scalability, and usability of the platforms.
Data Democratization: Lead efforts to democratize data across the organization by providing business users with easy-to-use tools, documentation, and training, empowering them to generate their own reports and insights with minimal technical support.
Project Management: Oversee the entire project lifecycle, from planning and execution to deployment, ensuring timely and successful delivery of BI solutions.
Metrics & Monitoring: Establish performance metrics for BI initiatives and implement monitoring systems to track the health and effectiveness of the BI platforms.
Experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years managing high-performance teams focused on building data platforms and self-service BI applications.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
Technical Expertise:
Leadership: Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow teams, providing technical guidance while fostering a collaborative, results-driven culture.
Project Management: Experience with Agile methodologies and managing end-to-end BI project lifecycles.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
