Data Engineer, MIDAS, Digital Acceleration

This job is with Amazon, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.DESCRIPTION:Are you excited about the digital media revolution and passionate about designing and delivering advanced analytics that directly influence the product decisions of Amazon's digital businesses. Do you see yourself as a champion of innovating on behalf of the customer by turning data insights into action?The Amazon Digital Acceleration (DA) org is looking for an analytical and technically skilled data engineer to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in developing foundational analytical datasets spanning orders, subscriptions, discovery, promotions, pricing and royalties. Our mission is to enable digital clients to easily innovate with data on behalf of customers and make product and customer decisions faster.An ideal individual is someone who has deep data engineering skills around ETL, data modeling, database architecture and big data solutions. This individual should have strong business judgement, excellent written and verbal communication skills.Key job responsibilities1. Develop data products, infrastructure and data pipelines leveraging AWS services (such as Redshift, Kinesis, EMR, Lambda etc.) and internal BDT tools (Datanet, Cradle, QuickSight etc.2. Improve existing solutions/build solutions to improve scale, quality, IMR efficiency, data availability, consistency & compliance.3. Partner with Software Developers, Business Intelligence Engineers, MLEs, Scientists, and Product Managers to develop scalable and maintainable data pipelines on both structured and unstructured (text based) data.4. Drive operational excellence strongly within the team and build automation and mechanisms to reduce operationsAbout the teamThe MIDAS team operates within Amazon's Digital Analytics (DA) engineering organization, building analytics and data engineering solutions that support cross-digital teams. Our platform delivers a wide range of capabilities, including metadata discovery, data lineage, customer segmentation, compliance automation, AI-driven data access through generative AI and LLMs, and advanced data quality monitoring. Today, more than 100 Amazon business and technology teams rely on MIDAS, with over 20,000 monthly active users leveraging our mission-critical tools to drive data-driven decisions at Amazon scale.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelor's degree- 3+ years of data engineering experience- 3+ years of analyzing and interpreting data with Redshift, Oracle, NoSQL etc. experience- Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines- Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently- Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJSPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:- 5+ years of data engineering experience- 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)- Knowledge of Engineering and Operational Excellence using standard methodologies.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 for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.