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Data Engineer, Amazon Traffic Engineering
@ Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC is hiring a Data Engineer for its Traffic Engineering organization to build data pipelines that support bot detection and mitigation. The role involves ETL pipelines, data governance and security, and collaboration with scientists and engineers. The posting states a base salary of $103,300 to $172,600 CAD annually and lists comprehensive benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Build data pipelines turning complex traffic data into actionable insights
- Collaborate with business, science and engineering teams on data needs
- Automate data infrastructure and deployment processes
- Ensure data quality, accuracy and governance
- Implement data security, encryption and access controls
Requirements summary:
- 3+ years of data engineering experience
- 1+ years building large-scale BI data structures with ETL/ELT and OLAP
- 1+ years of SQL and Oracle experience
- Experience with data modeling, warehousing and ETL pipelines
- Preferred: AWS Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda experience
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Source type not verified · amazon
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-07
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Veterans, People with disabilities |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Performance bonus, Wellness |
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Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC
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Description
We are seeking a talented Data Engineer to join Amazon's Traffic Engineering organization in developing next-generation bot detection and mitigation capabilities. As a Data Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing how we understand and leverage Traffic data used in Bot detection and mitigation.
This is a critical challenge at the intersection of ML and cybersecurity. With GenAI/LLM-powered bots now capable of mimicking human behavior, evading traditional detections, and monetizing attacks, we must revolutionize our approach from reactive to real-time protection. Your expertise will solve crucial challenges in data processing and analytics. Imagine building the pipelines that transform raw traffic data into actionable insights. You'll tackle complex problems like real-time data processing, ensuring data accuracy across multiple platforms, and creating scalable solutions that can handle exponential growth in data volume.
As the bridge between raw data and meaningful insights, you'll work with a diverse array of technologies, including Python, EMR, Spark,and Airflow, along with AWS services like Glue, Athena, and Redshift. But what truly sets this role apart is the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams – from Scientists to Software Engineers to Program/Product – ensuring that your technical solutions align perfectly with business needs.
Your contribution will extend beyond just building data pipelines. You'll be a key player in maintaining data governance and compliance, implementing sophisticated access controls, and ensuring data security through encryption and audit mechanisms. This role demands not just technical expertise, but also the ability to think strategically about data architecture and its impact on business outcomes.
This role offers the unique opportunity to implement first-of-its-kind real-time behavior-based ML models that will safeguard Amazon's global infrastructure. Your work will directly impact millions of customers by ensuring the integrity and availability of Amazon's digital presence while advancing the state-of-the-art in automated threat detection and response.
Key job responsibilities
- Drive the backbone of our data systems by building robust pipelines that turn complex data into actionable insights using AWS and Amazon's internal tools
- Be the bridge between teams - you'll work closely with business, science, and engineering folks to turn their data needs into reality
- Automating our infrastructure and creating smooth deployment processes
- Play data detective by ensuring our data is clean, accurate, and trustworthy
- Keep our data fortress secure by implementing smart governance and security measures that protect sensitive information
- Stay ahead of the curve by optimizing our systems and bringing modern solutions to solve data challenges
- Create user-friendly data products that help teams make better decisions through analytics and experimentation
About the team
Our team is embarking on a journey to develop the next generation of website traffic management software that protects customers experience. Your work will be highly visible and is instrumental in helping Amazon serve record breaking amounts everyday including flagship events such as Prime Day. If you love building high performance software that's focused on best-in-class networking, data processing, security, and leverages AWS technologies, we have the job for you.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of data engineering experience
- 1+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics using ETL/ELT processes experience
- 1+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics using OLAP technologies experience
- 1+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics using data modeling experience
- 1+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics using SQL experience
- 1+ years of developing and operating large-scale data structures for business intelligence analytics using Oracle experience
- Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN, BC, Vancouver - 103,300.00 - 172,600.00 CAD annually
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