Data Engineer, Enterprise Data Services

At Delta Air Lines, connection is at the heart of everything we do and guides our every action. We strive to welcome and care for all our customers during their travels with us and aim to deliver an elevated experience.

Delta is focused on sustaining a strong IT operation, growing our capabilities, and maximizing optimization across each of our tech hubs to elevate the travel experience for our customers and empower our 90,000 Delta people.

We're committed to fostering innovation, and we're excited to invite you to be part of our journey as we shape the future of technology at the world's best airline!

The Enterprise Data Services (EDS), the engine behind Delta's enterprise data strategy, is hiring a data engineer to play a critical role in cross functional initiatives, bringing deep subject matter expertise in full data lifecycle. We ingest real-time and batch data from internal and external sources, transform it into strategic assets, and deliver curated data products that fuel analytics, reporting, and AI across the company. Our work supports teams in Digital, Revenue Management, Customer Experience, TechOps, Crew, Loyalty, and more.

IIn this team, the data engineer will collaborate and manage platforms like the Enterprise Data Warehouse, Operations Data Lake, and Historical Fares, and provide production support for tools like Tableau and SAS. Our mission is to deliver timely, actionable, and accurate data that drives operational efficiency, enhances passenger experience, and unlocks revenue growth.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Implement data engineering solutions, e.g., locate and extract data from a variety of sources for use in reporting, analysis, and statistical modeling to drive continuous improvement)
• Practice good software engineering techniques, e.g., Git, scrum, branching, code reviews, spikes
• Utilize knowledge around data pipelines, data analysis, and data science to enhance functionalities
• Execute the data engineering roadmap
• Partner with Information Technology to optimize and enhance the database environment for optimal efficiency and best practices
• Leverage emerging technologies and identify efficient and meaningful ways to disseminate data and analysis to satisfy the business' needs
• Interface with business unit leaders to develop and maintain internal customer relationships

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading pro?t sharing program, and performance incentives
• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
• Comprehensive health bene?ts including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life bene?ts
• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• 3+ years' experience working as a data engineer
• Proficiency in SQL (CTE, window functions, temporal data)
• Proficiency in Python and data-focused packages, e.g., Pandas, Numpy
• Proficiency with software development tools such as Git, IDEs, Swagger, CI/CD
• Experience building efficient, ETL/ELT processes using industry leading tools such as Informatica, Talend, Spark etc.
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority
• Working knowledge of data science/machine learning best practices and tools
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing tools
• Working knowledge of API Consumption preferred
• Familiarity with nosql databases and distributed databases
• Strong written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Working knowledge of data science/machine learning best practices and tools
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud computing tools
• Familiarity with nosql databases and distributed databases
• Strong written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritizations skills