Software Development Engineer II

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II | DATA SCIENCE | ATLANTA, USA

Travelport is a place of opportunity. It's our incredible team that makes our company great - our people drive our winning culture.

What's Travelport?

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We're leading the change; we are the change.

We are on a mission to power the future of travel.

Come and be part of an organization that is committed to building a culture of inclusivity built upon a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities in which we operate.

What does a great Software Development Engineer II do?

We are seeking an engineer who thrives in an agile environment, can successfully partner with small, cross-functional teams, and who wants to be empowered to make a difference. Software Development Engineers are tasked with optimizing large data sets and implementing data pipeline architecture. Build data platforms and data stores to support AI and ML solutions. You will actively be collaborating with developers and architects.

Responsibilities include:

• Support the design and building of innovative framework and tools to support all phases of delivering Data Value
• Support the design and building data pipeline architectures
• Aid in systems optimization: optimize streaming products, optimize data analytic platforms, optimize data processing workflows: all are enhanced for robustness, scalability, and performance
• Maintain, enhance, and perform research in support of the Big Data environment
• Develop High Performance Computing Solutions to process TBs of data at scale

Who we are looking for in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Functional real-world knowledge and experience in the development of software-based applications written in Java, Scala or C++/C#
• Ability to produce high-quality, maintainable software.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the following, a plus
  
  
  
  • Cloud-based development
  • SQL and relational databases (examples: Hive, Impala, Oracle, MySQL, Amazon Aurora) and/or data warehouses (examples: Redshift, Athena, Snowflake).
  • Container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm).
  • Web services (Microservices, REST, gRPC, XML, JSON, ProtoBuf)
  
  

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you:

• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things
• Take responsibility and own your work
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before

Benefits of working at Travelport
We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8.

Salary Target/Range: $95,000 - $100,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.