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Amazon Sr. Data Engineer, Prime Video in Seattle, Washington
Description
The Prime Video Shopping organization is looking for a smart and ambitious individual to build and support the development of data infrastructure to bring new customer experiences to life. This role will partner closely with product and data science to ensure the right instrumentation is in place. Working to both measure the performance of new products and services and set the foundation for the creation of new groundbreaking algorithms and data science that propel the customer experience into the future.
The ideal candidate thrives working with large volumes of data, enjoys the challenge of highly complex technical contexts, and is passionate about data and analytics. The candidate is an expert within data modeling, ETL design and cloud/big-data technologies and passionately partners with the business to identify strategic opportunities where improvements in data infrastructure creates large-scale business impact. The candidate should be a self-starter; comfortable with ambiguity, able to think big, and enjoy working in a fast-paced and global team. It’s a big ask, and we’re excited to talk to those up to the challenge!
Key job responsibilities
· Build end-to-end data pipelines to ingest and transform data from different types of data sources and systems; from traditional ETL pipelines to event data streams
· Utilize data from disparate data sources to build meaningful datasets for analytics, reporting and ML use cases
· Evaluate and implement various big-data technologies and solutions (e.g. Redshift, Hive/EMR, Spark, SNS, SQS, Kinesis) to optimize processing of extremely large datasets
· Understand and analyze business processes, logical data models and relational database implementations
· Write high performing and optimized SQL queries
· Execute research projects, and generate practical results and recommendations
· Design and implement automated data processing solutions and data quality controls
About the team
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.
We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
5+ years of data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence or business analytics experience
Knowledge of data mining techniques, predictive analytics, and statistical modeling
Knowledge of distributed systems as it pertains to data storage and computing
Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree
7+ years of data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence or business analytics experience
Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
Expert level skills writing and optimizing complex SQL
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.