Data Engineer: Cloud Pipelines, AI & Flight Privileges

United; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 94,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Commuter benefits

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

United's Digital Technology team is building scalable data platforms to power airline operations and customer insights. The Data Engineer will architect, implement, and maintain data pipelines, leveraging Spark, Python, Databricks, and Flink within an AWS-based ecosystem.

You will collaborate with product owners and business users to design optimized data flows, ensure data quality, and drive scalable solutions across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Statistics or related field.
• 2+ years experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Spark/pyspark.
• Familiar with AWS services (Kinesis, Redshift, Glue, Athena, S3).
• Ability to collaborate with business users and product owners to design optimized data pipelines.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement and maintain robust data infrastructure supporting end-to-end pipelines.
• Design ingestion processes and optimize data storage; ensure data quality and integrity.
• Design and develop resilient batch and real-time data pipelines using Spark, Python, Databricks, and Flink.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business and technical requirements into solutions.
• Stay current with cloud-native engineering and microservices architectures.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Pyspark

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

AWS Kinesis

Redshift

Glue

Athena

S3

Job description

United's Digital Technology team is building scalable data platforms to power airline operations and customer insights. The Data Engineer will architect, implement, and maintain data pipelines, leveraging Spark, Python, Databricks, and Flink within an AWS-based ecosystem.

You will collaborate with product owners and business users to design optimized data flows, ensure data quality, and drive scalable solutions across distributed systems.