Data Engineer, Alexa Speech

Are you customer-obsessed and interested in Speech and Language Understanding? Do you find creating cutting-edge voice control in the automotive market exciting? If so, the Alexa team is looking for a talented Data engineer to help revolutionize our voice-forward experience. Alexa is the Amazon service that powers the groundbreaking Echo family of devices, Fire TV, tablets, third party Alexa providers, and soon, cars! We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains; we are inventing the future.

You’ve found the right team if you are a passionate Data Engineer with experience building innovative, mission critical applications that customers love. You will help to kick-start a new organization in Toronto and have an enormous opportunity to make an impact on cutting edge products used every day by people you know.

We’re working hard, having fun, and making history; come join us!



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Basic Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in math, finance, engineering, statistics, or related discipline is required.

Computer Science or equivalent experience.
· 5 years + experience as a Data Engineer, Business or similar roles
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· Strong verbal/written communication & data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
· Proficient in scripting languages(python, SQL, NoSQL, etc.)
· Ability to self-direct, multitask, and prioritize a constantly evolving workload
· Obsession with quality, operational excellence, and customer experience

Preferred Qualifications

· Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Finance, Statistics or a related discipline.
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· Familiarity with AWS solutions such as EC2, DynamoDB, S3, and Redshift.
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· Knowledge and direct experience using business intelligence reporting tools. (OBIEE, Business Objects, Cognos, Tableau, MicroStrategy, SSAS Cubes, etc.).
· Experience coding with scripting languages (R or Python) to do basic data manipulation and mathematical computations
· Experience in partnering with business owners to understand requirements and develop supporting analysis to solve business problems.
Amazon is committed to providing accommodations at all stages through recruitment and employment in accordance with applicable human rights and accommodation legislation. If contracted for employment opportunity, advice Human resources if you require accommodation, including in order to apply for a position.