Data Engineer

IT and Data Team 

ForwardKeys.com is an innovative company based in Valencia, Spain, with global brand and presence. We are a data, IT and business intelligence company offering a new approach to traveller operational business intelligence, leveraging global flight reservation information and other data to monitor and qualify traveller flows, map global demand, and forecast trends. We provide live, tactical information and exclusive insights to Tourism Boards, Hotels Chains, Retailers, Airports, duty free operators, tax refund, car rentals, and all those that have a travellers-related business.

If you are a team player, embracing the company’s vision, willing to bring and try new ideas, yet striving for profitability and achieving practical goals, we want to talk to you. Be prepared to be hands-on, take ownership and responsibilities and achieve goals on your own, while working closely with IT and Data Science teams.

The position

Your role as a Data Engineer will be to develop ETL processes, import and enrich data feeds, discuss data storage architecture and data formats, maintain existing processes, improve the efficiency of import processes, guarantee data availability for Data Scientists and for customer products, guarantee data quality, deploy and look after automated processes on our hybrid cloud infrastructure, investigate other possible sources of data, etc.

Personal skills and experience

  • Solid experience with Python.
  • Able to propose and design Big Data ETLs.
  • Knowledge of Spark, Hadoop, etc. using Parquet file format
  • Mastering SQL queries and data models
  • Hands-on AWS experience, with a focus on data & analytics
  • Infrastructure automation for both cloud-based (AWS, Azure) and on-premise (Jenkins, NiFi, AirFlow, etc.)
  • A mind focussed on quality of service, reliable and able to handle crisis situations.
  • Able to provide pragmatic solutions and make decisions.
  • Be prepared to defend the company’s competitive advantage. Be excited; and enjoy!

Nice to have

  • Experience programming in Java
  • MongoDB, MySQL, etc.
  • AWS Cloud Formation, RDS, Athena, EC2
  • Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, etc.
  • Other file formats: OCR, AVRO.
  • Agile, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, Sonar.
  • Data Quality Control
  • Linux shell scripts, notions of system administration.

  • Full time, indefinite contract.
  • Be part of a fun, successful yet stable, young and exciting company.
  • Nice and dynamic working environment.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • ForwardKeys Fridays: four working Fridays off per year.
  • Remote work.
  • Wellbeing activities: Pilates, Yoga, Mindfulness and Osteopath.
  • English, Spanish classes.

ForwardKeys is an innovative travel analytics company. It was established in 2010 when the founders realised that the air reservation data used by airlines could serve every industry with an interest in global travellers. Since then, we have built an online platform through which our clients monitor and qualify traveller flows, map global demand and forecast travel trends. Our team now comprises over 90 people and continues to grow – and we are always looking to develop new datasets and products to help our clients understand the travel landscape.

The working environment at ForwardKeys is international, challenging and flexible:

International because our employees come (and work) from all around the world, just like our clients.

Challenging is making the transition from a start-up to a bigger company, and everything that entails – from developing and selling new products to seeking and seizing new opportunities.

Flexible means we understand that doing your job well is more important than being in the office from 9 to 6. To ensure everyone is working towards the same goals, we have biannual company weeks during which we make sure to have fun.

You will have the possibility to partially work remotely from your most convenient location. Nevertheless, your presence in our Headquarters in Valencia, Spain will be linked to specific purposes, what we call “Key moments that matter.”  At times when it is valuable to bring people together, impacting the commitment, stickiness, productivity, and desired outcomes.

If you think you fit our company culture and have what it takes to contribute towards ForwardKeys’ continued success, please send an email to jobs@forwardkeys.com (mentioning the job title in the subject line) or apply by filling in the form.

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