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Amazon Senior Data Engineer, Digital Acceleration in Bellevue, Washington
Description
Are you excited about the digital media revolution and passionate about designing and delivering advanced analytics that directly influence the product decisions of Amazon's digital businesses. Do you see yourself as a champion of innovating on behalf of the customer by turning data insights into action?
The Amazon Digital Acceleration (DA) org is looking for an analytical and technically skilled individual to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in developing foundational data instrumentation components to seamlessly surface relevant digital content to Amazon customers.
An ideal individual is someone who has deep data engineering skills around ETL, data modeling, database architecture and big data solutions. This individual should have strong business judgement, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Key job responsibilities
Develop data products, infrastructure and data pipelines leveraging AWS services (such as Redshift, Kinesis, EMR, Lambda etc.) and internal BDT tools (Datanet, Cradle, QuickSight etc.
Improve existing solutions and come up with next generation Data Architecture to improve scale, quality, timeliness, coverage, monitoring and security.
Partner with Software Developers, Business Intelligence Engineers, MLEs, Scientists, and Product Managers to develop scalable and maintainable data pipelines on both structured and unstructured (text based) data.
Lead design reviews for other Data Engineers on the team and actively participate in design reviews of related tech products.
Provide technical and thought leadership for Data Engineering and Business Intelligence within the org.
About the team
Amazon Digital Acceleration powers ordering, subscriptions, and device management for Prime, Amazon Video, Music, Audible, Alexa, and Kindle, amongst other digital businesses. We process billions of digital purchases every year and enable our digital businesses to grow their businesses worldwide. We are on a mission to be earth's best provider of one-time and recurring digital commerce, delivering a seamless and enjoyable post-purchase customer experience.
This team is a dynamic group of data engineering and analytics professionals dedicated to developing innovative data products, providing data-driven services, and empowering the organization with robust business intelligence. Composed of talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, we foster a collaborative culture of excellence, knowledge-sharing, and collective problem-solving.
We are committed to staying at the forefront of data trends, continuously expanding our expertise to deliver tailored solutions that address our stakeholders' evolving needs.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of data engineering experience
Experience with SQL
Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe data modeling decisions and data engineering strategy
Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers for best practices on data engineering
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $139,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $240,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.