Highlights
We enable native SQL, machine learning, and functional transformations using Apache Spark - executing batch, ML, and streaming workloads over schema"d data in S3, and writing curated datasets to front-end caches (DynamoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch). Technical Leadership - Make sound trade-offs between short-term technical/operational needs and long-term business impact; take calculated risks and mitigate long-term risk.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Detroit, MI |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Build exabyte-scale data processing engines with leading-edge technology. If you want to work with Spark, Java, Scala, Python, Flink, Beam, and AWS services (EMR, EKS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, SQS) - processing and transforming data across Amazon"s data lakes - this is the role for you.
About the Team
The BDT team builds the platform that connects millions of businesses to hundreds of millions of customers across Amazon"s global marketplaces. We enable native SQL, machine learning, and functional transformations using Apache Spark - executing batch, ML, and streaming workloads over schema"d data in S3, and writing curated datasets to front-end caches (DynamoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch). Our platform lets customers transition seamlessly between Streaming, Batch, Cache, and Analytics to meet demand at Amazon scale.
We are a team that relentlessly innovates, keeps customers at the center, and delivers results with velocity while continuously raising the bar.
What We"re Looking For
- Background in distributed systems development
- Solid technical ability and passion for building at scale
- Good communication skills and a bias for action
Motivation to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-impact environment
Key job responsibilities
- Design & Delivery - Lead the design and delivery of major features and re-architecture of significant technology components
- Quality & Operational Excellence - Ensure software maintains a high bar for quality, security, architecture, and operational excellence
- Problem Solving - Identify root causes of widespread issues - including those limiting innovation and delivery velocity - across systems and components
- Technical Leadership - Make sound trade-offs between short-term technical/operational needs and long-term business impact; take calculated risks and mitigate long-term risk
- Collaboration & Influence - Engage with and influence team members, external teams, partners, and leadership
- Mentorship - Mentor less experienced engineers, provide career development opportunities, and deliver constructive feedback to peers
Communication - Effectively communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and business rationale across the organization
A day in the life
The challenges you"ll solve at Amazon are big - influencing millions of customers, sellers, and products worldwide. We"re looking for individuals passionate about building new products, features, and services from scratch while navigating ambiguity at a pace where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years.
Your day includes daily standups, driving your goals and deliverables, contributing to innovation and operational excellence, rotating on-call every 8-10 weeks, and continuously improving the customer experience.
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
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