Senior Data Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition

As part of Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) Data team youll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale sophistication and accuracy for Amazon Talent Acquisition operations. ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists engineers analysts product professionals and more all with the shared goal of connecting the right people to the right jobs in a way that is fair and precise. Last year we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments and helped Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of workers in the right quantity at the right location and at exactly the right time. Youll work on state-of-the-art research advanced software tools new AI systems and machine learning algorithms leveraging Amazons in-house tech stack to bring innovative solutions to life. Join ITA in using technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in peoples lives. Together we can solve the worlds toughest hiring problems.

Key job responsibilities
The ITA Data team builds the foundational data infrastructure and analytics tools that power Amazons hiring decisions. We create secure scalable solutions that enable teams across PXT to access and analyze recruitment data effectively while maintaining data integrity.

Key job responsibilities:
* Lead technical design/code reviews evaluate emerging technologies and drive engineering best practices across development lifecycle.

* Develop on global AWS architecture to implement scalable reliable data pipelines and infrastructure supporting analytics at scale.

* Develop data governance processes through existing and new technology including tools like SageMaker Unified Studio.

* Design and enforce data modeling standards lineage and governance frameworks while ensuring secure compliant solutions.

* Support strategic planning by working with Executives and Senior Managers Principle Engineers and cross-team Data Engineers.

* Mentor junior engineers foster technical excellence and empower team self-service capabilities for handling complex data tasks independently.

- 7 years of data engineering experience
- Experience with data modeling warehousing and building ETL pipelines
- 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
- Experience with SQL
- Experience mentoring team members on best practices

- Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop Hive Spark EMR
- Experience operating large data warehouses
- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $139100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $240500/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.