Senior Open Data Analytics Engine Engineer

Amazon

Redmond (WA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Open Data Analytics Engines team at the AWS Open Data Analytics organization. You will help optimize core query engine components and table formats for large‑scale data lake workloads, collaborating with open-source communities like Apache Iceberg and Apache Spark to deliver high‑performance, scalable solutions.

You will mentor teammates, shape technical direction, and tackle challenging problems across the stack, including security

Qualifications

5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
5+ years of programming with at least one language.
5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize core components of query engines and open table formats (Iceberg, Hudi, Delta) to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
Design and implement innovative solutions and algorithms to improve feature capabilities, stability, and security in table format integrations with query engines.
Collaborate with the open‑source community, contributing to discussions, driving improvements, and integrating upstream changes.
Ensure data consistency and durability while achieving breakthrough performance and scalability for large‑scale data lake workloads.
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding best practices.
Be a point of contact for challenging customer issues related to data lake workloads and query engine.