Data Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our team in Chiasso, Switzerland. You will be responsible for managing the data model, working with stakeholders, and ensuring data quality.

Responsibilities

• Data Model Ownership: Define and manage the data model, including entities, granularity, dimensional models, metrics, and definitions.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Collaborate with stakeholders to co-own KPIs, reframe questions, and set priorities.
• Analysis and Development: Conduct analysis sized to the business area, with a balance between analysis and development tasks.
• Data Quality Assurance: Build validation rules and monitoring to catch data issues before they reach dashboards or stakeholders. Handle data issues end-to-end.
• Knowledge Sharing: Leverage learnings to benefit the entire department through documented models, shared glossaries, and AI context.

Requirements

• Essential:

  • Solid, hands-on experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a similar data role.
  • Real depth in dimensional modelling: grain, keys, slowly changing dimensions, and the ability to identify semantically wrong models.
  • Advanced SQL and query optimization on a cloud or MPP warehouse (BigQuery or Vertica).
  • Hands-on experience with dbt for transformation and modelling, and comfort with orchestration tools (Airflow, Cloud Composer, or equivalent).
  • Working knowledge of a business area and the ability to connect data work to business outcomes.
  • A track record of working directly with non-technical stakeholders.
  • Fluent English, written and spoken.

• Strong Plus:

  • AI-assisted ways of working, including daily use of an agentic assistant for development and analysis.
  • Python for automation and lightweight services.
  • Experience with data contracts, testing frameworks, or data observability tooling.
  • Experience as the reference data person embedded in a business team.
  • Knowledge of semantic or metric layers consumed by BI tools and AI agents.
  • Experience in travel, OTA, marketplace, or another high-volume transactional business.

We Offer

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment with colleagues from over 48 nationalities.
• Shorter working week (36 hours as full-time) with a half working day on Fridays.
• Flexible start and end of the working day.
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year, defined according to local regulations.
• Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning, and training.
• Access to professional and managerial skills development training paths, e-learning platforms, and internal training content.
• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes.
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues.
• Travel industry discounts and exclusive staff fares.
• Support through significant life moments with leave options in line with local laws.

About the Company

lastminute.com is the European Travel Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. It operates a portfolio of well-known brands such as lastminute.com, Volagratis, Rumbo, weg.de, Bravofly, Jetcost, and Hotelscan. Our mission is to lead the travel industry by leveraging technology to simplify, personalize, and enhance our customers’ travel experience. We continuously invest in talented people who ensure our offering is closer to the needs of the customers and keep us at the cutting edge of technology evolution.

Selection Process

• HR interview (10-30 minutes)
• 1st interview (Manager): Soft skills + technical knowledge
• Test step online (technical evaluation, AI usage included)
• 2nd interview (Manager + team member): Test review
• Only for senior roles: Final meeting (30 mins) with the Director
• Offer extended

(*Please note the process can slightly vary. The recruiter in charge will share more details when setting up the interview)

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility Criteria

By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorized to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.