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Senior Data Engineer, Amazon Security Experience

Amazon

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

$154,600 - $209,100 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Senior Data Engineer role in the Amazon Security Experiences (ASE) organization focuses on building and operating the data platform that supports security insights and analytics across Amazon's security ecosystem. The individual will manage multiple data domains, operate numerous data pipelines, and drive architectural improvements to enhance decision-making for security leadership. This position requires collaboration with various teams to design data contracts and deliver analytical models. The role emphasizes best practices in data engineering and infrastructure management.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of data engineering experience
  • Experience with data modeling, warehousing, and building ETL pipelines
  • Experience with SQL
  • Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS
  • Experience mentoring team members on best practices
  • Experience with MPP databases such as Amazon Redshift
  • Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, EMR
  • Experience operating large data warehouses
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT, or equivalent
  • Knowledge of distributed systems as it pertains to data storage and computing

Responsibilities

  • Identify limitations and opportunities in data processing tools and drive improvements and innovation.
  • Define and own data architecture at the team and organization level.
  • Produce exemplary code and solutions that are secure, maintainable, and scalable.
  • Define and own infrastructure architecture at the team level.
  • Solve complex ambiguous problems related to data models and datasets.
  • Effectively split project work into parallel tasks and drive projects to completion.
  • Influence related teams' data architecture and software design.
  • Drive data engineering best practices and ensure data is auditable and accessible.
  • Proactively fix data architecture deficiencies and propose larger projects.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and own operational health of data systems.

Benefits

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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