Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

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Job Information

United Airlines Data Engineer in Chicago, Illinois

Description

Our Marketing and Loyalty team is the strategic force behind United’s industry-leading brand and experience, supporting revenue growth by turning customers into lifelong United flyers. Our marketing communications, market research and brand teams drive travelers’ familiarity and engagement with the United brand. Our product, design and service teams bring the signature United brand to life in our clubs and onboard our aircraft, ensuring a seamless, premier experience. And when customers choose United again and again, that’s because the loyalty team has been hard at work crafting an award-winning program. Our loyalty team manages United MileagePlus®, building travel and lifestyle partnerships that customers can engage with every day, and works with our Star Alliance partners to ensure United can take you anywhere you want to go.

Job overview and responsibilities

Exciting opportunity to be a part of a brand new best-in-class data science & analytics team to support the advertising and technology needs for the world’s best and largest airline. An entrepreneurial and meticulous data engineer who builds underlying supporting data for measurement and reporting across United’s digital platforms.

  • Design and build scalable and reliable data infrastructure and pipelines (ingestion, integration, ETL, real-time connectors) to support data for measurement and reporting

  • Build connections with relevant endpoints for data ingestion

  • Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data needs and requirements

  • Ensure data quality, performance, and security across the entire data lifecycle; developing high-quality and well-documented data sets

  • Continuously improve data infrastructure and processes to increase efficiency, scalability, and reliability

  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

  • 2-5 years hands-on industry experience in Data Engineering (or equivalent quantitative job title)

  • Deep technical knowledge of data engineering; highly skilled in SQL, relational databases, big data

  • Skilled in development of data warehousing, data flow design and development, and ETL processes

  • Proficient with Python or Scala, Azure Data Factory, Synapse

  • Proficient with cloud-based data technologies such as AWS, Azure, and/or GCP

  • Familiarity with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)

  • Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from tech, design, and business and experience leading teams in an agile setting

  • Ability to communicate and explain data and its implications to various stakeholders

  • Ability to evaluate different options proactively and to solve problems in an innovative way, developing new solutions or combining existing methods to create new approaches

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Advanced Computer Engineering degree

  • Experience with advertising technology (Ad Tech), particularly in designing solutions that enhance ad targeting, measurement, and optimization.

  • Familiarity or hands-on experience with generative AI and large language models, understanding their potential impact on machine learning and ad tech innovations.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. 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. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.

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