Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Choice Hotels has an exciting new opportunity as a Senior Data Engineer in the SkyTouch Technology division. SkyTouch Technology, is an independently operated division of Choice Hotels that provides the most widely used cloud-based (SaaS) hotel property management system. As a key member of our SkyTouch Software Engineering - Data, you will drive the design and reliability of our data ecosystem, ensuring high-quality, scalable data is always available to power analytics, reporting, and innovation.

Are you a successful Senior Data Engineer that takes end-to-end ownership of data systems, balancing technical excellence with business needs? Do you proactively communicate, design scalable and reliable solutions, and ensure data quality, performance, and operational stability? The sky’s the limit when you make it your choice! We encourage you to apply today!

Your Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR, and Athena.
• Architect and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions for both batch and real-time data processing.
• Lead the development of data models and schemas that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance through monitoring, alerting, and automated validation frameworks.
• Optimize cost and performance of AWS data solutions through efficient resource usage and tuning.
• Collaborate with other data engineers, analysts, and product teams to translate business requirements into technical data solutions.
• Establish and enforce best practices for data governance, security, and compliance, including IAM, encryption, and access controls.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level data engineers.
• Participate in architectural and code reviews, technical decision-making, and long-term data platform strategy.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in related field Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production data pipelines, with at least 2–3 years of hands-on experience using AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis) and how to architect them together.
• Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, and/or Spark, with experience building production-grade data pipeline.
• Data modeling expertise for analytical and operational use cases (star/snowflake schemas, dimensional modeling).
• Experience with batch and streaming data processing frameworks.
• Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-efficient data architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data partitioning, and performance tuning.
• Expertise in data quality, observability, and reliability practices.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across data pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrates key competencies to include managing complexity, valuing differences, and cultivating innovation.

Your Team

This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Manager of Software Engineering - Data. You will have 14 peer teammates and collaborate with cross-functional departments on a regular basis.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance.
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide.

About Choice

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments.

We are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today — for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward — giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.

Choice's Cultural Values

• Welcome and Respect Everyone
• Be Bold
• Be Quick
• Listen
• Be Curious
• Show Integrity

Choice's Leadership Principles

• Act with Intention
• Lead with Authenticity
• Grow & Deliver