Data & AI Governance -Solution Architect

Role Description:

About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

About the team:

• Working on consolidating physical source meta-data via tools like Collibra EDGE

• Catalog: both business and technical side

• Configure new functionalities in Collibra

• Develop new Data Catalog capabilities

• Develop 3rd party integrations with Collibra, OKTA, Terraform

• Administration of the service

• Preparing documentation

• Preparing and conducting trainings

• Customer support and operations

• Any other work related to Data Governance rollout and development

Role Description:

You will lead the Data Governance Middleware team, which is responsible for implementing a platform to support the company-wide Data Governance and Data Stewardship program. This will involve using Collibra alongside custom in-house solutions.

The Data Governance Middleware team will implement and provide services, which would enable management of metadata for the Enterprise Data Catalogue, integration layers for various Data Governance components and vendor based solutions. The scope of this team will also include integration with other DMLP internal services, since it needs to become a part of the holistic Data Governance ecosystem to provide seamless user journeys for all kinds of the data platform users.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage people’s performance and wellbeing

• Help setting up quarterly and yearly objectives, estimate work, manage team and personal performance

• Mentor and coach team members

• Improve team routines and processes for better performance based on the state of the team and the service. Make sure the team follows the best practices, learn and adopt

• Manage hiring and compensations

• Help the team to communicate externally and internally, resolve conflicts

• Own end-to-end data and data applications by defining, monitoring and adjusting relevant SLIs and SLOs

• Handle, mitigate and learn from incidents in a manner that improves the overall system health

• Continuously evolve your craft by keeping up to date with the latest developments in data engineering and related technologies, introducing them to the community and promoting their application in areas where they can generate impact

• Become a coordination point around user and data flows in Data Stewardship and Data Governance

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• 6+ years in managing teams of Engineers

• 4+ years of successful experience managing Business Applications, doing integrations with internal and external services

• Self-driven learner, capable to proactively connect with many other teams to understand the user flows and technical integrations

• Tech stack:

  • Java/Groovy

  • Gitlab/Github CI/CD

  • K8S

  • Vault, Secret Management

  • AWS

  • Terraform

• High level of ownership and responsibility

• Attention to detail

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.