Business Intelligence Developer III

Alaska Airlines • WA-SeaTac, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of Alaska Airlines enterprise data modernization, the BI Developer serves as a senior technical leader in architecting top-of-class, engineering-designed data pipelines that underpin enterprise analytics data products. This role explicitly includes all responsibilities of a Senior BI Developer and expands scope to include enterprise architecture, reusable framework creation, and strategic influence across multiple teams and domains.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience of data engineering or ETL development experience.
• A Bachelor's degree or 2 years of additional equivalent experience.
• Expert-level, hands-on Databricks experience, including Declarative Pipelines (Delta Live Tables).
• Deep expertise in data engineering concepts including batch and streaming architecture, orchestration, and observability.
• Advanced data modeling expertise with the ability to define and enforce enterprise standards.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Spark, Spark, SQL, and cloud-based lake house platforms.
• Proven experience influencing architecture and technical standards across teams.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead enterprise-grade ETL architecture and technical direction across multiple domains.
• Take full ownership of data pipeline design, development, deployment, and ongoing operations to ensure timely delivery and high-quality outcomes.
• Apply reusable frameworks and components to streamline ETL development and optimize workflows across multiple products.
• Manage all aspects of ETL pipeline lifecycle, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, reliability, and scalability.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval techniques to improve performance while reducing cost.
• Continuously monitor pipeline performance and refine solutions to meet evolving business and technical requirements.
• Implement and uphold data governance, security, and data quality standards across systems.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to developers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.
• Create, define, and standardize reusable ETL frameworks, architectural patterns, and components.
• Define and evolve data architecture, data modeling standards, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to define data engineering requirements, success metrics, and long-term roadmaps.
• Lead architectural and code reviews, influence cross-team technical decisions, and drive adoption of best practices.
• Research, evaluate, and integrate emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies to advance data engineering capabilities.

Benefits

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior