Data Engineer - Time and Pay Innovation

Data Engineer, Time and Pay Innovation Are you passionate about data and code? Does the prospect of dealing with massive volumes of data excite you? Do you want to build data engineering solutions that process billions of records and support handling of HR transactions data using AWS technologies? Amazon is one of the largest employers on the planet with hundreds of thousands of employees across the globe. Amazon's HR mission is to build a workplace for Amazonians to invent on behalf of our customers. The volume of internal human resource transactions and range of experiences to fulfill at this scale are massive and unique. This requires highly reliable, scalable and customized software applications that ensure our global employee base receives accurate, timely and best experiences throughout their employee lifecycle. Our Time and Attendance group is seeking a bright and motivated Data Engineer for leading the launch of timekeeping systems to support business expansions and deliver automations to achieve process efficiency and perfect pay for associates. As a Data Engineer, you would own the architecture of Data Warehouse solutions using multiple platforms. You would have the opportunity to lead the design, creation and management of extremely large datasets working backwards from business use cases. You will use your strong business and communication skills to work with business analysts and engineers to determine how best to design the data warehouse for reporting and analytics. You will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable ETL processes to support the rapidly growing and dynamic business demand for data, and use it to deliver data as a service which will have an immediate influence on day-to-day decision making. ## Key Job Responsibilities - Develop data products, infrastructure and data pipelines leveraging AWS services (such as Redshift, Kinesis, EMR, Lambda etc.) and internal tools (Datanet, Cradle, QuickSight etc.). - Build integrations between HR, Time & Attendance and Payroll systems to automate employee hire, schedule, punch and pay. - Develop new data models and end-to-end data pipelines. - Improve existing solutions and architect next-generation Data Architecture to improve scale, quality, timeliness, coverage, monitoring and security. - Translate business and functional requirements into robust, scalable, operable solutions that work well within the overall data architecture. - Design, develop, implement, test, document, and operate large-scale, high-volume and low latency applications. - Design data integrations and data quality framework. - Implement data structures using best practices in data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, SQL, and Oracle. - Lead design reviews for other Data Engineers on the team and actively participate in design reviews of related tech products. - Provide technical and thought leadership for Data Engineering and Business Intelligence within the organization. - Create and implement Data Governance strategy for mitigating privacy and security risks. - Produce comprehensive, usable dataset documentation and metadata. - Design and develop operational and analytical reports as per customer needs. - Evaluate and make decisions around the use of new or existing software products and tools. - Mentor junior data engineers. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of data engineering experience - Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines - Experience with SQL Preferred Qualifications - 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) Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Experience Level Mid Level

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