Job Information
Amazon Data Engineering Manager, DSDI in Sunnyvale, California
Description
We are seeking a talented, results-oriented and driven technical leader to help us create next generation, state of art financial applications platform. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of building highly available and scalable data rich applications. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced start-up like environment and want to invent the future.
Key job responsibilities
Prioritize being a really great people manager:
Building, motivating, rewarding and coaching a diverse team of Data Engineers and Software Development Engineers is the most important part of this role. You will recruit and retain top talent and excel in day-to-day people and performance management tasks.
Lead your team from front:
Keep your technical skills current to contribute to architecture and design discussions. Help your team to evolve our service architecture with quality, robustness and Amazon sized scale as top priorities. You will regularly take part in deep-dive troubleshooting exercises and drive technical post-mortem discussions to identify the root cause of complex issues.
Set a vision for your team and create product roadmaps:
Help your team sort out technical and product requirements and priorities. Use project management skills to deliver product roadmap items and other cross-team projects.
Delight your customers:
Internalize the challenges that your stake holders are facing and derive creative solutions which apply new and innovative technology. Your contributions would go a long way in driving the devices business.
About the team
DSDI (Devices & Services Data Intelligence) team develops and maintains a suite of applications and vast data infrastructure to support them. Finance professionals and consumers of financial data in other organizations use these applications to gather, access and analyze their data, apply financial modeling, extract business insights to take financial and operational decisions and perform various other functions crucial for running fast-growing Amazon's devices business.
We are creating next generation, state of art financial applications platform. Because of the easy availability of proven Machine Learning tools and algorithms, now we can take on automation tasks that were not possible earlier. The goal is to completely automate as many BI, planning and forecasting processes as possible and minimize manual interventions for the rest.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Basic Qualifications
2+ years of processing data with a massively parallel technology (such as Redshift, Teradata, Netezza, Spark or Hadoop based big data solution) experience
5+ years of relational database technology (such as Redshift, Oracle, MySQL or MS SQL) experience
8+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics (using ETL/ELT processes) experience
8+ years of data engineering experience
Experience managing a data or BI team
Experience communicating to senior management and customers verbally and in writing
Experience leading and influencing the data or BI strategy of your team or organization
Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
Experience with AWS Tools and Technologies (Redshift, S3, EC2)
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $153,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $264,500/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.