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Working at Amazon Robotics

Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart, collaborative team of doers that work passionately to apply cutting-edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

Position Overview

The Amazon Robotics (AR) Software Research and Science team builds and runs simulation experiments and delivers analyses that are central to understanding the performance of the entire AR system. This includes operational and software scaling characteristics, bottlenecks, and robustness to “chaos monkey” stresses -- we inform critical engineering and business decisions about Amazon’s approach to robotic fulfillment. We are seeking a Data Engineer. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of the data, metrics and reporting platforms for our team. You will implement new and automated data solutions, including big data capabilities, that support our scientists, analysts, and engineers, with large-scale data for training machine learning models, enabling metrics to evaluate their worthiness, while satisfying scalability, reliability, accuracy, performance and budget goals and driving automation and operational efficiencies.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have 12 affinity groups (employee resource groups) with more than 87,000 employees across hundreds of chapters around the world. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which reminds team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Flexibility

It isn’t about which hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We offer flexibility and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We care about your career growth too. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.

Key job responsibilities

• Implement solutions for data storage, reporting, science and analytics.

• Incorporate big data solutions to enhance machine learning, analytics and reporting capabilities.

• Monitor and troubleshoot operational or data issues in the data pipelines.

• Setup internal dashboard tools for data visualization

• Work across teams to gather requirements for data logging, storing, transforming, and reporting, and build scalable solutions.

A day in the life

At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Benefits Summary:

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

Learn more about our benefits here: https://amazon.jobs/en/internal/benefits/us-benefits-and-stock

About the team

The Amazon Robotics (AR) Software Research and Science team builds and runs simulation experiments and delivers analyses that are central to understanding the performance of the entire AR system. This includes operational and software scaling characteristics, bottlenecks, and robustness to “chaos monkey” stresses -- we inform critical engineering and business decisions about Amazon’s approach to robotic fulfillment. We are seeking a Data Engineer. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of the data, metrics and reporting platforms for our team. You will implement new and automated data solutions, including big data capabilities, that support our scientists, analysts, and engineers, with large-scale data for training machine learning models, enabling metrics to evaluate their worthiness, while satisfying scalability, reliability, accuracy, performance and budget goals and driving automation and operational efficiencies.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

North Reading, MA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of data engineering experience

• 2+ years of analyzing and interpreting data with Redshift, Oracle, NoSQL etc. experience

• Knowledge of distributed systems as it pertains to data storage and computing

• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines

• Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

• Experience with Redshift, Oracle, NoSQL etc.

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)

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.