Data Engineer, Workforce Solutions - Talent Mobility
Amazon · Bellevue, WA
$132,100–$178,800from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data engineering role within Amazon's internal recruiting technology organization, focused on building and maintaining data pipelines, warehouses, and analytics infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans designing distributed log-collection systems, managing SQL and NoSQL databases, building dashboards and reports, and tuning query performance. The role suits engineers with hands-on ETL/ELT and data modeling experience who are comfortable owning end-to-end data solutions at scale.
Mid level · 3+ years · Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 75 people in the Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 30–110
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $107,748 (middle half $104,212–$164,448). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits at the boundary between data engineering (pipeline/warehouse building → 15-1243) and BI/reporting analysis (dashboards, metrics → 15-2031); 15-1243 was chosen because pipeline design, ETL automation, and data warehouse architecture are the primary stated responsibilities.
The Basic Qualifications list ETL/ELT, OLAP, data modeling, and SQL each with a '1+ years' gate, alongside an overall '3+ years of data engineering experience' requirement.
A Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field is explicitly required with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause.
All AWS technologies (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Firehose, Lambda) and NoSQL/non-relational databases appear under Preferred Qualifications only.
The posting is titled 'Data Engineer' with no seniority modifier; the 3-year minimum and scope of responsibilities support a Mid-level classification.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range of $132,100–$178,800 annually, with additional sign-on payments and RSUs noted but not quantified.
Location is listed as Bellevue, WA; no remote or hybrid option is mentioned.
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