Sr Data Engineer Amazon
New York, NY

Job Description

Do you want a unique, exciting opportunity to help start a new data engineering team within a rapidly growing organization within Amazon Advertising? We are looking for Sr data engineers who are passionate about developing scalable data solutions from ground up and who are looking for opportunities where the work they do powers the growth of the business.

Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business, and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of advertising products that drive demand generation and advertiser awareness. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

* · Apply broad knowledge of technology options, technology platforms, design techniques and approaches across the Data Engineering ecosystem to design systems that meet business needs
* You will analyze the business problems and design reliable, scalable data storage and analytics systems that enable the business and our products to scale.
* Play a leading role in building systems and datasets using software engineering best practices, data management fundamentals, data storage principles, recent advances in distributed systems, and operational excellence best practices.
* Analyze source systems, define underlying data sources and transformation requirements, design suitable data models and document the design/specifications
* Demonstrate passion for quality and productivity by use of efficient development techniques, standards and guidelines
* Effectively communicate with various teams and stakeholders, escalate technical and managerial issues at the right time and resolve conflicts