Senior Data Engineer (Remote)

Job description

Overview

At Cloudbeds, we''re transforming hospitality with an intelligently designed platform that powers properties across 150 countries.

Our remote team builds AI-powered solutions to solve hoteliers'' biggest challenges.

Since 2012, we''ve grown to 650+ employees across 40+ countries, and we''ve been recognized as a top employer and technology innovator.

What You'll Make an Impact

As a Senior Data Engineer , you''ll design and implement large-scale distributed data processing systems using technologies like Apache Hadoop, Spark, and Flink.

You''ll build robust data pipelines and infrastructure that transform complex data into actionable insights, ensuring scalability and fault-tolerance across our platform that processes billions in bookings annually.

You''ll architect data lakes, warehouses, and real-time streaming platforms while implementing security measures and optimizing performance.

With your expertise in distributed computing, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and streaming technologies (Kafka, Confluent), you''ll drive innovation and evaluate new technologies to continuously improve our data ecosystem.

Our Data Team

We''re energized by turning complex, messy data into meaningful insights that drive real impact across the organization.

We thrive on solving data infrastructure challenges at scale, building resilient pipelines, optimizing performance, and architecting systems that enable analysts to executives to make smarter, faster decisions.

Our culture is built on deep trust and collaboration: when someone hits a blocker, the team jumps in to help—collaboration is expected and collective wins matter more than individual credit.

What You Bring to the Team

• Technical Expertise & Scalability Mindset: Deep knowledge of data architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and distributed systems, with the ability to design scalable, high-performance solutions.
  
  
• Problem-Solving & Ownership: Proactive approach to diagnosing issues, improving infrastructure, and taking full ownership from concept to production.
  
  
• Code Quality & Best Practices: Clean, maintainable code (Python, SQL, or Scala) and championing best practices like version control, testing, and CI/CD for data.
  
  
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Ability to work cross-functionally with analysts, data scientists, and engineers, while mentoring junior team members and raising the team''s technical bar.
  
  
• Data Governance & Reliability Focus: Responsibility for data accuracy, lineage, and security—building systems that others can trust and scale on.
  
  

What Sets You Up for Success

• Clear Business Context: Understanding the “why” behind data needs—when goals and use cases are clear, it''s easier to design impactful and relevant solutions.
  
  
• Autonomy with Trust: Freedom to make technical decisions, explore solutions, and iterate—paired with the trust to deliver with quality and accountability.
  
  
• Strong Team Collaboration: A team that shares knowledge openly, helps unblock challenges, and values collective wins.
  
  
• Access to Quality Tooling & Infrastructure: Modern tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark, Flink, cloud platforms) and the ability to improve them when needed.
  
  
• Supportive Leadership & Growth Mindset: Managers who advocate for growth, provide feedback, and create space for learning and experimentation.
  
  

Bonus Skills to Stand Out (Optional)

• Leadership: Guiding and mentoring junior members, coordinating projects and collaborating with other teams.
  
  
• Domain Knowledge: Understanding hospitality industry to design effective data pipelines.
  
  
• Data Architecture Expertise: Designing data architecture with deep understanding of data storage for a robust, scalable system.
  
  
• Performance Optimization: Optimizing data pipelines (query optimization, indexing, caching, partitioning).
  
  
• Programming Knowledge: Python and SQL essential; Java and other languages a plus.
  
  
• Experience with a remote-first, globally distributed team.
  
  
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, including GitHub Actions and Build Workflows.
  
  
• Knowledge of Confluent and AWS.
  
  

What to Expect - Your Journey with Us

We are a diverse, globally distributed team solving challenges others haven''t dared to tackle.

We celebrate innovation and travel, and you''ll join engineers, AI architects, designers, and hospitality veterans who are redefining what''s possible in hospitality.

Everyone is Welcome - A Culture of Inclusion

Cloudbeds is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates diversity in our global team.

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability status, or other legally protected characteristics.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Reasonable accommodations are available in the hiring process.

If you require accommodations, contact our HR team.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

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Your information will be kept confidential and is used to identify areas for improvement in our hiring process.

This includes gender identity, racial/ethnic background, and disability status.

Required Skill Profession

Informática Y Tecnología