Data Engineer I, Fire TV

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon’s FAA Decision Science team seeks a Data Engineer to build and operate data pipelines powering analytics, experimentation, forecasting, and business decisions. You’ll contribute to foundational data systems used across Data Science, BI, Product, Finance, Advertising, and Engineering teams.

The ideal candidate is early in their career with strong data engineering fundamentals, reliability focus, and the ability to translate cross-functional requirements into robust data solutions.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of data engineering experience
• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and ETL pipelines
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with one or more query languages (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, DDL, MDX, HiveQL, SparkSQL, Scala)
• Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g., Python, KornShell)
• Knowledge of database, data warehouse, or data lake solutions
• Preferred: Big data technologies like Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
• Knowledge of designing data schemas (normalization vs. dimensional)
• Experience with AWS tech (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, FireHose, Lambda)
• Experience with privacy/compliance/governance programs
• Experience using AI to accelerate development work

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, development, testing, and deployment of data pipelines and datasets
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT workflows using SQL, Python, and AWS services
• Support data infrastructure operations, including monitoring and data quality controls
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues and trade-offs
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable data solutions
• Contribute to conversational and self-service analytics data products
• Support compliance, privacy, retention, and governance requirements
• Document solutions for maintainability
• Participate in code reviews and team planning
• Provide on-call support for pipelines and datasets
• Create datasets and documentation for AI-assisted analytics tools
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate engineering efforts

Skills

Data modeling

ETL pipelines

SQL

Python

AWS services

Data warehousing/lakes

Big data tech (Hadoop/Spark)

Data quality/governance

Tools

AWS Redshift

AWS S3

AWS Glue

AWS EMR

AWS Lambda

Job description

Fire TV, Advertising and Appstore is reshaping the way millions of people discover, engage with, and enjoy entertainment every day. The FAA Decision Science organization is looking for a Data Engineer who is excited to build the data infrastructure powering analytics, experimentation, forecasting, and business decision-making for one of Amazon's fastest-growing product families.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who is early in their career and eager to develop strong data engineering fundamentals in a high-impact environment. You will contribute to foundational data systems used by Data Science, Business Intelligence, Product, Finance, Advertising, and Engineering teams to make high-quality business decisions.

You will build and operate data pipelines, data models, and data quality mechanisms supporting Fire TV engagement, lifecycle analytics, Ads monetization, Appstore performance, executive reporting, experimentation, and AI-enabled analytics. The ideal candidate has solid technical foundations, a willingness to learn, an eye for operational reliability, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teammates to translate requirements into working data solutions.

Key job responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and deployment of data pipelines and datasets within a defined domain, including the data foundations for GenAI and agentic analytics, working alongside senior engineers
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT workflows using SQL, Python, and AWS services
• Support data infrastructure operations, including monitoring, alerting, and data quality controls
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues, escalating complex problems or architectural trade-offs when appropriate
• Partner with Data Science, Business Intelligence, Product, and Engineering stakeholders to understand requirements and implement reliable data solutions
• Contribute to conversational and self-service analytics data products
• Support compliance, privacy, retention, and governance requirements for data you own or contribute to
• Clearly document your solutions to ensure ease of use and maintainability by others
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and team planning
• Participate in on-call and product support for business-critical pipelines and datasets
• Build and curate datasets and documentation that AI assisted analytics tools consume
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate how you build, test, and debug pipelines

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of data engineering experience
• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with one or more query language (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, DDL, MDX, HiveQL, SparkSQL, Scala)
• Experience with one or more scripting language (e.g., Python, KornShell)
• Knowledge of database, data warehouse, or data lake solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with big data technologies such as: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
• Knowledge of basics of designing and implementing a data schema like normalization, relational model vs dimensional model
• Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, EMR, Kinesis, FireHose, Lambda, and IAM roles and permissions
• Experience with privacy, compliance, retention, or data governance programs
• Experience using AI to accelerate development work

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USA, WA, Seattle - 101,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually