Southwest Airlines is looking to solve complex, multi-layered problems by ingesting and transforming data for both operational and analytical use across platforms like DynamoDB, Redshift, and their internal Data Lake, to support their Prioritized Flights initiative and enable Leaders to make critical decisions.
Requirements
- AWS
- Kafka Streams
- Java
- DynamoDB
- Redshift
- Cloud infrastructure, DataLake
- ETL experience ensuring source to target data integrity
Responsibilities
- As a Senior Data Engineer on the AI Data Delivery (AADD) Team, you’ll play a key role in supporting Southwest’s Prioritized Flights initiative by designing and building high-performance data pipelines using AWS, Kafka Streams, and Java.
- You’ll work on complex, multi-layered problems that require deep analysis and thoughtful solutions, ingesting and transforming data for both operational and analytical use across platforms like DynamoDB, Redshift, and our internal Data Lake.
- Assemble large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements
- Identify, design and implement internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
- Build required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS and SQL technologies
- Build analytical tools to utilize the data pipeline, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and customer acquisition
- Work with stakeholders including data, design, product and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues
Other
- This role allows for voluntary remote work for the majority of your working time within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with occasional on-site presence at our Corporate Campus for training, meetings, and business needs.
- This role may also require limited travel for business purposes.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
