Data Analytics Engineer – Remote

Data Analytics Engineer – Remote

Embark on the next step in your career journey with Direct Travel!

As one of the fastest growing Travel Management Companies (TMC) in the world, Direct Travel is committed to reimagining what is possible for the industry, including business travel, personalized experiences, and meetings & events. Under the forward-thinking direction of our experienced leadership team, we are rapidly expanding and leveraging next-generation technologies to deliver on our vision for The Perfect Trip. This is your opportunity to grow your career and be part of a dynamic team that is setting the new standard of travel and service excellence. If you’re passionate about innovation and ready for what’s next, we’d love for you to join us!

Direct travel is on a journey of data transformation, and we are seeking a skilled and motivated Data Analytics Engineer to join our team to be a pivotal part of our history.  

The ideal candidate will be crucial to the design, execution and delivery of a best-in-class global analytics platform, providing data insights and global reporting for both internal stakeholders and thousands of clients globally.  

A successful candidate will have hands on experience crafting embedded analytics applications, possess a background in software engineering and understand the latest methods and techniques in provisioning key visualizations and self-service capabilities within our data products. 

In the role of an Analytics Engineer, a qualified candidate will work across engineering and data related assignments, contributing to the development of analytics products and using a data-driven mindset to solve business problems across the organization. 

Expedition Expectations  

• Data Management: Data collection and processing across various raw and unimproved data marts. 
• Reporting & Visualization: Develop and implement key visualizations, reports, modeling and performance improving optimizations to our core data products. 
• Collaboration: Work closely with IT and business units to understand data requirements and provide actionable insights and solutions to data problems. 
• Process Improvement: Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex IT data sets to drive process improvements and policy development. 
• Analytics & Insights: Provide key and differentiating industry insights for our customers through clear and concise analytical representations of core travel data. 

Passport to Success   

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field or equivalent experience. 
• Technical Proficiency:  

1. Advanced knowledge of and experience with databases of all varieties including RDBMS SQL based platforms as well as document stores. 
2. Demonstrable experience with a programming language typically used in the field of data and analytics engineering e.g. Python, R or Scala.  
3. Experience and understanding of web application development, front-end reactive applications such as VueJS or React as well as familiarity with middle and back-end software development methodologies. 
4. Understanding of the software development lifecycle and SCM through Git or an alternative. 

• Cloud proficiency: 

1. Experience with a cloud providers such as Amazon AWS, Azure or GCP and associated data platforms and products they provide. 

• Analytics:  

1. Full understanding of the data lifecycle, from pipeline development to warehouse architecture to reporting and analytics enablement. 
2. Senior level experience with more than one cloud-based analytics platform such as Looker, Tableau or PowerBI. 
3. Experience developing semantic models across wide-reaching data in sustainable and performant ways. 
4. Exposure and understanding to cloud-based warehouse platforms such as Snowflake, DataBricks or Azure DataLake. 
5. Prior experience implementing governance and compliance related frameworks to analytics data products. 
6. Inquisitive diagnostic skills related to query and system tuning and performance. 
7. Experience building bespoke data products from the ground up that utilize analytics and business intelligence platforms in an integration manner for visuals and core functionality. 

• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively share findings with stakeholders. 
• Attention to Detail: Adept at queries, report writing, and presenting findings. 

 Going the Extra Mile

• Experience: Proven working experience as a data analytics engineer. 
• Platforms: Snowflake, Looker and LookML modeling experience. 

Benefits Onboard 

In addition to Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits Direct Travel offers an employee rewards and recognitions program, Total Rewards Package which includes Wellness, Sustainability, DE&I initiatives, and Mental Health Support.  

Our Brand Voyage: Direct Travel 

Direct Travel is a leading provider of corporate travel management services. By leveraging both the expertise of its people and innovative solutions, Direct Travel enables clients to derive the greatest value from their travel program in terms of superior service, progressive technologies, and significant cost savings. The company is led by CEO Christal Bemont and Executive Chairman Steve Singh, noted business investor and founder of Concur. Direct Travel has offices in over 80 locations and is currently ranked among the top providers of travel on Travel Weekly’s Power List. For more information, visit www.dt.com. 

Direct Travel is an EOE/AA/Veteran/People with Disabilities employer 

If you're ready to chart a new course and advance your career with the valuable moments and travel experiences that await, we welcome you to submit your resume for consideration at Direct Travel.