Senior Data Platform Engineer: Lakehouse & Data Catalog

Expedia

Greater London

On-site

GBP 100,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Lake and Catalog team. You will design, build, and evolve scalable data platform software, and lead by example with clean, well-tested code.

Collaborate with cross-functional partners to clarify requirements, deliver reliable services, mentor peers, and drive observability and production reliability across Expedia Group's Lakehouse initiatives.

Qualifications

Proven experience as a senior software engineer delivering production systems at scale.
Strong knowledge of JVM and server-side Kotlin/Java.
Solid understanding of Hadoop ecosystem (Spark, Hadoop, Hive).
Experience with cloud data infrastructure, especially AWS (EMR/S3/Glue).
Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve maintainable, scalable data lake platform software.
Lead by example with clean, well-tested code and strong engineering practices.
Promote reliability and observability by focusing on SLOs and incident learnings.
Partner with engineers and stakeholders to clarify requirements and deliver effectively.
Break down complex problems into pragmatic technical solutions and plans.
Own services and platform capabilities through design, delivery, and production operations.
Lead technical design of services supporting scale, resilience, and evolution.
Mentor other engineers through guidance and day-to-day collaboration.
Collaborate with architects and partner teams to build cross-organizational solutions.