Senior Software Engineer – Data and Analytics Technology

JOB SUMMARY

Marriott has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer – Data and Analytics Technology. This role helps develop our next-generation cloud platform for data, analytics, AI, and machine learning. Appropriate candidates have a passion for data and emerging technologies with a vision for building next generation capabilities and a strong drive for success.

In this role you will function as a technical expert and lead engineer for the Data Platform team. You will perform research, analysis, design and development on a wide range of next generation data capabilities and products. You will set technical standards and develop reusable frameworks to ensure consistent and efficient creation of data capabilities and products.

You will assume technical ownership of Service Provider deliverables and lead their technical resources to ensure deliverables are of high quality, follow our technical standards & best practices and perform at scale.

In addition, you will research emerging AI technologies that will provide future capabilities as well as seek solutions for complex technical issues. You will make decisions on complex, non-routine requests to support analytics based decisioning by Marriott business teams.

If you feel you are up for the challenge, then please see further details below…

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

8+ years’ hands on experience developing large scale data ETL pipelines and applications at enterprise scale

Over four years of experience in technical delivery ownership for large-scale data pipelines and applications on AWS and Snowflake.

4+ years’ experience developing data applications and applications on AWS

4+ years’ hands on experience with Snowflake technologies

2+ years’ experience with AWS S3, Lambda, EKS

Strong technical leader with proven ability to lead Service Provider technical resources

Strong communication skills

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or and related Engineering

Preferred:

Graduate degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Technology certifications in Spark, Snowflake

AWS Solutions Architect or Developer certification

Experience with Airflow, Python, API calls.

Experience with Data Governance Tools such as Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog

Hashicorp Tokenization Products

Experience in agile software methodologies

Demonstrated ability to anticipate future data platform opportunities

Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate

Ability to work liaising with multiple teams to steer projects from inception to successful delivery

Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested

Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

Performs complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.

Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers

Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning

Ensures that all projects adhere to the established development protocols and business case procedures.

Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams

Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development

Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels

Coordinates with Application Delivery and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities

IT Governance

Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed

Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk

Ability to assess when risks need to be escalated to right channels.

Follows the defined project management standards and processes

Service Provider Management

Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics.

Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources

Monitors Service Provider outcomes

Reviews estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers for accuracy

Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients

At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates.  We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.