Job summary
Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
This opportunity is within Audible's Data Excellence organization. This organization owns technology platforms and datasets that enable systems and people to uncover new insights and fine-tune operations to meet business goals. We need your help building such systems.
As a Lead Data Engineer, you will...

• Drive the technical direction of the offerings and solutions, working with latest technologies.
• Design business critical services, code and own what you build architecturally and operationally.
• Mentor and assist in the career development of junior engineers.
• Assist with recruiting and hiring.
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Experience with data lakes, data modeling, data warehousing, and building data processing/ETL pipelines.
• Understanding of processing and modeling large, complex data sets for Analytical use cases with Database technologies such as AWS Redshift, Teradata or equivalent.
• Experience in Python and SQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and work independently with little supervision to deliver on time quality products.
• Willingness to learn, be open minded to new ideas and different opinions yet knowing when to stop, analyze, and reach a decision.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud technologies such as Elastic Map Reduce (EMR), Kinesis, Athena.
• Familiarity with BI and Visualization platforms such as MicroStrategy and AWS Quicksight.

ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in a common office space (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). Some teams will work mostly at hub, some mostly at home and others hybrid. For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid .
Audible is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Audible 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 .