Data Analytics Engineer

AHOY MATE!

As Europe’s favorite travel brand on social media, HolidayPirates Group is charting bold new routes in data-driven innovation, and we’re looking for a Data Analytics Engineer to help steer the ship. If you’re passionate about travel, thrive at the intersection of data modeling, web tracking, and business-facing analytics, and want to build scalable data products that empower teams across the company, we’d love to welcome you aboard.

YOUR MISSION

As part of a growing HolidayPirates Data Analytics team, this Data Analytics Engineer role sits at the crossroads of data modeling, web analytics and advanced business analytics.

We’re looking for a skilled individual contributor who can independently own operational execution while collaborating closely on strategic initiatives. You’ll design and own production-grade Data Models, contribute to scale our Data Platform, ensure Web Tracking consistency, and translate complex business questions into structured Analytical Solutions. You think in terms of data products and data consumers, designing solutions that are scalable and reusable by the other teams.

Salary for this role is 52,000 - 70,000 € brutto per year. (Please note is subject to change based on the country of employment).

DUTIES ON DECK

• Data Modeling & Engineering
  • Design, build, and own efficient, production-grade data models (SQL-native, BigQuery-centric).
  • Deliver well-defined, tested, documented, and code-reviewed data products.
  • Implement robust orchestration, including setting up data tests, alerting and monitoring pipelines.
  • Connect APIs and external data sources into our Data Lakes and Data Warehouse.
  • Apply Git version control and PR practices.
• Business-Facing Analytics
  • Translate business questions into well structured actionable analysis.
  • Deliver insights through A/B testing, funnel analysis, cohort analysis, CRO, root cause analysis using GA4 or BigQuery.
  • Ad hoc build basic predictive models to perform hypothesis testing.
  • Create and maintain clear data documentation and metric definitions.
• Web Tracking & Attribution
  • Ensure consistency of event-based Web Tracking across GA4 and BigQuery.
  • Support peer Data Analytics Engineers and Web Analysts in debugging inconsistencies across frontend, backend, and analytics layers.
  • Work with attribution logic (UTMs, click IDs, conversion flows).
  • Translate Marketing, Content, and Product raw data into actionable insights.

YOUR TREASURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Data Modeling
  • Strong SQL expertise and deep knowledge of data modeling principles.
  • Extensive experience with Google BigQuery.
  • Experience building production-grade data models.
  • Solid understanding of data testing & anomaly detection.
  • Experience with modern data stacks (Y42, dbt Cloud, Dagster, or similar).
• Data Engineering
  • Ability to work with Python, set up API integrations and external connections.
  • Technical documentation literacy.
  • Good GIT and PR practices.
  • Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow or similar).
  • Strong understanding of data reliability and monitoring.
• Data Analytics
  • Experience with A/B testing, funnel analysis, cohort analysis, CRO.
  • Hypothesis testing and structured analytical thinking.
  • Strong validation mindset (sanity checks, reconciliation, edge cases).
  • Can complete analysis using several tools including GA4, BigQuery and Google Sheets.
  • Good data visualisation skills.
• Web Tracking Literacy
  • Solid understanding of GA4 events & BigQuery export schema.
  • Knowledge of attribution logic and conversion flows.
  • Ability to debug tracking autonomously.
• EXTRA KNOTS FOR
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform.
  • Cloud literacy (understanding of IAM & Role-Based Access, Billing, Cloud Storage, Cloud Compute).
  • Travel industry experience.
  • AI and automation frameworks experience.

THE PIRATE SHIP OFFERS YOU

• Flexible working hours and remote first company
• A MacBook (also for private use) as well as any other needed equipment including a very lovely remote IT support
• 50 euros for home office allowance per month
• 50 euros tax free cash card per month
• Urban Sport Club Membership
• Mental health impulse sessions and relaxation sessions
• Save money with corporate discounts across brands like Adidas, LG, Bosch, Apple, and more
• Private Travel Insurance
• Opportunity to join the pirates pension scheme
• Benefit from a number of advantages through the Travel Industry Card
• Further training budget at your free disposition
• You can work remotely as often as you wish, or come to our cool office in Berlin Mitte
• Business summits and legendary team events
• A unique and open company culture, where sharing ideas is our lifeblood
• The opportunity to leave your footprint aboard the pirate ship

Please note that specific benefits packages are subject to change based on the country of employment.

Key skills/competency

• Data Modeling
• SQL
• BigQuery
• Web Tracking
• GA4
• Data Engineering
• Python
• A/B Testing
• Data Orchestration
• Business Intelligence