Data Engineer, Amazon
WWOS Global Security R&R
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will possess deep technical skills in data engineering, science, insights, and optimization
- You'll be comfortable diving into complex problems and implementing sustainable processes and standards
- 5+ years of data engineering experience
- Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
- Experience with SQL
- Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
- Experience mentoring team members on best practices
Desirable
- Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
- Experience operating large data warehouses
What the job involves
- Amazon Worldwide Operations Security (WWOS) is seeking an experienced, innovative, and strategic Data Engineer to join our Global Security Risk & Resilience (GSRR) team
- As global supply chains have grown increasingly complex and vulnerable to external disruption, this role has become critical to our operations
- Your primary focus will be driving optimization opportunities to reduce delivery cycle times and enhance quality without compromising service availability
- In this role, you will leverage your data engineering expertise to address the evolving challenges faced by our customers, scale data services to meet changing needs and demands and implement innovative solutions to enhance the security and resilience of our global operations
- Your domain knowledge and ability to navigate complex data landscapes will be essential in making a significant impact in this position
- Join us in strengthening Amazon's worldwide operations security and contributing to the resilience of our global supply chain
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers
- Support the team with recruiting, onboarding, and retaining top talent
- Oversee the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and design solutions
- Align data solutions with WWOS architecture goals (cost, security, scalability)
- Manage multiple data engineering projects across the Org
- Provide technical guidance to the team on complex data challenges
- Evaluate new technologies and tools for data infrastructure
- Lead design and code reviews to maintain high quality standards
- Monitor and optimize data infrastructure and pipelines for performance and reliability
- Implement data governance, security, and privacy best practices
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership on strategy, progress, and challenges
- Monitor and optimize the cost of data infrastructure and services
- Manage budget for tools, platforms, and services used by the team
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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