Data Engineer II, Zappos Analytics

As a Data Engineer at Zappos you will play a crucial role in designing developing and maintaining our data infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that data is collected processed and made available for analysis reporting and machine learning applications. Your expertise in data pipelines ETL processes and data warehousing will be instrumental in shaping our data ecosystem. The right candidate will be excited by the opportunity to redesign our companys data architecture to support our next generation of data initiatives.

Key job responsibilities
Design build and maintain robust data pipelines to acquire process and store data from various sources such as databases APIs and external data providers.
Develop and optimize ETL (Extract Transform Load) processes to clean enrich and structure raw data into a usable format for analysis and reporting.
Implement and manage data warehousing solutions to ensure efficient data storage retrieval and query performance.
Establish data quality standards perform data validation and proactively identify and address data quality issues.
Optimize data pipelines and storage solutions to handle large volumes of data while maintaining high performance and reliability.
Ensure data privacy and security by implementing access controls encryption and compliance with data protection regulations.
Collaborate with data scientists analysts and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and provide the necessary data infrastructure to support their needs.
Maintain comprehensive documentation for data pipelines data models and processes to facilitate knowledge sharing and troubleshooting.
Implement monitoring solutions to proactively detect and address data pipeline failures or performance bottlenecks.
Keep abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies in data engineering to recommend and implement improvements to our data infrastructure.


A day in the life
Design build and maintain robust data pipelines to acquire process and store data from various sources such as databases APIs and external data providers.
Develop and optimize ETL (Extract Transform Load) processes to clean enrich and structure raw data into a usable format for analysis and reporting.
Implement and manage data warehousing solutions to ensure efficient data storage retrieval and query performance.
Establish data quality standards perform data validation and proactively identify and address data quality issues.
Optimize data pipelines and storage solutions to handle large volumes of data while maintaining high performance and reliability.


About the team
The Zappos Analytics team transforms data into actionable insights empowering business partners to make data-driven decisions that drive profitability and growth. We develop performance metrics and visualizations using various data sources across the organization. Working with AWS technologies youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve challenging business problems and help stakeholders gain valuable insights quickly and effectively.

- 3 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
- Bachelors degree

- Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift S3 AWS Glue EMR Kinesis FireHose Lambda and IAM roles and permissions
- Experience with non-relational databases / data stores (object storage document or key-value stores graph databases column-family databases)
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products workflows or customer experiences.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at NY New York - 145300.00 - 196600.00 USD annually