Data Engineer

Your Golf Travel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 25 days + 1 per year

Travel perks and discounts

Professional development

Health & wellbeing benefits

Cycle to work

Sustainable travel benefits

Team training and coaching

Job summary

Your Golf Travel is seeking a Data Engineer to support data-driven decision making across its golf travel businesses. You will collaborate with senior management to deliver data reporting, insights, and scalable data infrastructure.

Based in the UK, you will work with internal teams and third-party data sources to optimize website experiences, pricing, and marketing analytics, while advancing AI initiatives and data governance.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and data modeling capabilities.
• Experience with Google BigQuery or similar data warehouses.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools (Tableau preferred).
• Python programming including data engineering workflows (Airflow, dbt a plus).
• Experience with AI technology and tools is a plus.
• Ability to understand large data models and derive actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Forge close working relationships with peers to deliver data reporting solutions and insights.
• Develop data reporting that provides timely management information for fast-growing businesses.
• Monitor and ensure daily data integration processes run smoothly and report issues promptly.
• Maintain data integrity across the data ecosystem and implement controls.
• Expand data sources and integrate new data into the reporting suite.
• Stay updated on data engineering trends and platforms.

Skills

SQL

Google BigQuery

Data visualization

Python

Airflow

dbt

Jira

AI technology

Data modeling

Teamwork

Tools

Tableau

Jira

Job description

Your Golf Travel is the worlds largest golf travel specialist providing golf breaks and holidays across more than 3,000 locations in 22 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Europe, and beyond. Since our launch in 2004, we have seen swift expansion and now boast a team of over 180 professionals based in our offices in London, Brighton, St Andrews, and Killarney. Throughout this journey, we have established incredible relationships with our suppliers and customers, created an extensive array of exceptional travel products and experiences, garnered numerous awards... and this is only the beginning!

At Your Golf Travel, we are driven by our "Always Going The Extra Yard" values, a set of four core principles that define how we work and who we are. We put the Customer First, Always, using empathy and deep insight to consistently exceed expectations. We believe in the power of the collective to Own it, Together, combining personal accountability with high-pace collaboration to deliver results. Our team is encouraged to Think Smart, Act Bold, challenging convention with an ambitious, entrepreneurial spirit that knows no limits. Finally, we maintain The Expert Edge by constantly evolving, learning, and pushing boundaries to ensure we are always going that extra yard for our clients.

Do I need to be a golfer? … Not at all. We primarily operate as a travel company, with golf being just one aspect of our offerings. If you’re eager to learn, we’d be thrilled to equip you with all the knowledge you need about our product; however, we can’t promise you’ll become the next Tiger Woods. What we truly seek is a genuine passion for travel and an eagerness to learn.

As a Data Engineer primarily supporting Your Golf Travel and Premier Golf US- with opportunities to assist across the wider Palatinate Group- you will be the driving force behind our data-led decisions. Embodying our Customer First, Always mindset, your reporting and analysis will directly influence how we exceed expectations, shaping everything from website user experiences to supplier pricing, sales, and marketing strategies. You will Own it, Together by collaborating closely with senior management and key stakeholders, taking personal accountability to deliver actionable insights at pace and empower our internal teams with fast, efficient data infrastructure.

To thrive in this role, you will need The Expert Edge, constantly learning and evolving our analytics and data collection techniques to ensure we draw the most accurate and detailed conclusions possible. We want you to Think Smart, Act Bold by challenging convention and championing new technologies. With an entrepreneurial spirit and limitless ambition, you will push boundaries by supporting the rollout of cutting-edge AI initiatives across the business, streamlining our operations, and ensuring we always go the extra yard for our clients.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Forge good working relationships and work closely with peers to deliver commercially appropriate data reporting solutions - management information and data insights
• Develop the most appropriate data reporting solutions to provide management information in an accurate and timely fashion that meets the needs of a fast growing customer focussed set of businesses
• Ensuring daily data integration processes have completed successfully, identifying any errors/issues that may have occurred and taking appropriate action to ensure daily business reporting is not compromised in a timely manner
• Ensure adequate controls are in place to maintain data integrity across the data universe
• Enhance and develop the scope of data available, ensure new data sources are efficiently and effectively integrated into the reporting suite where appropriate
• Keep abreast of business and industry processes to maintain data integrity, data visualisation and document enhancements appropriately
• The ability to work with 3rd party suppliers to help deliver and run data reporting solutions.
• Keep abreast of changing trends and technical platforms in data engineering that would be appropriate for the Palatinate Group

What We’re Looking For:

• Experienced with SQL (Google BigQuery a plus)
• Experienced with data visualisation tools (Tableau a plus)
• Experienced with Python (Airflow and dbt a plus)
• Experience with Jira a plus
• Experience with AI technology and tools a plus
• Able to quickly grasp the intricacies of an existing data model over a medium to large dataset (millions of rows), and extract meaningful insights
• Experience in developing and maintaining modern commercial management information systems
• Proactive, with the ability to recommend and implement improvements to existing schemas and processes where necessary
• Self motivated, highly technically literate and able to think in abstract concepts.
• Works well in a team building good working relationships across functions.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Annual Leave – 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 day per year of service (up to 28 days), plus the option to buy back up to 5 extra days each year.
• Amazing Travel Perks – Enjoy familiarisation trips to top golf and holiday destinations in the UK and overseas, plus exclusive discounts on golf holidays, flights, and hotels.
• Recognition & Rewards – Be part of our annual company away trips for top performers and benefit from structured training and personalised development plans.
• Exclusive Brand Discounts – Save on top golf and sports brands, including Taylormade, Under Armour, and Ping.
• Health & Wellbeing – Subsidised health club memberships, a fully funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and a Cycle to Work scheme.
• Sustainable Travel Benefits – Access our Electric Car scheme with Octopus EV and make your commute greener.
• Growth & Development – Receive honest feedback, regular coaching sessions, and the opportunity to grow within a dynamic and supportive team.

Your Golf Travel are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Ready to help us deliver world-class travel experiences?