Data Engineer – Dynamic Pricing Pipelines

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

401(k) plan with company match

Employee ESPP

Full benefits: medical, dental, vision

Paid vacation and holidays

Cruise perk

Gym membership subsidy

Discounts on theatres & travel

Job summary

Viking is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Data Platforms & Solutions team in the US. You will build scalable data pipelines to feed production ML models for dynamic pricing, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to ensure data quality and governance.

The role requires 4+ years in data warehousing and ETL, strong SQL, and experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred). Knowledge of Spark, Databricks, and PowerBI is a plus in a fast-paced travel-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of data warehousing and data pipelining experience; Data LakeHouse is a plus.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Knowledge of big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, or Databricks.
• Proactive, independent, and collaborative work style.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience designing data models and data architecture, ideally in travel/leisure domain.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines to support dynamic pricing models.
• Collaborate with data scientists to prepare data for model training, validation, and deployment.
• Implement and optimize ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows to ensure continuous and reliable data integration.
• Work with the software development team to integrate data engineering solutions into the broader product architecture.
• Ensure data governance and compliance with data privacy and security regulations.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate these into technical specifications.
• Document data engineering processes and contribute to best practices.

Skills

SQL

Python

Spark SQL

Data warehousing

ETL pipelines

Azure

AWS / GCP

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/related

Tools

Azure Databricks

Synapse Analytics

PowerBI

Kafka / streaming

Job description

Viking is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Data Platforms & Solutions team in the US. You will build scalable data pipelines to feed production ML models for dynamic pricing, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to ensure data quality and governance.

The role requires 4+ years in data warehousing and ETL, strong SQL, and experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred). Knowledge of Spark, Databricks, and PowerBI is a plus in a fast-paced travel-focused environment.