Sr. Data Engineer, Payroll Product
Amazon · Hyderabad, India · Data Science
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Data Engineer based in Hyderabad, India. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, Scala, SQL.
- Role
- Data Engineer
- Function
- data engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Department
- Data Science
- Posted
- Mar 24, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersThe Payroll Metrics, Analytics, and Product Team (MAPT) builds the data foundations that power pay accuracy and payroll intelligence for over one million Amazon employees worldwide. Our mission is to transform payroll data into actionable intelligence that drives confident decision-making, ensures perfect pay experiences, and sets the industry standard for workforce analytics excellence. You will have the opportunity to work at the intersection of payroll operations and data engineering, building systems that directly impact every Amazonian's paycheck. You will be responsible for designing and building scalable data pipelines, automated reporting frameworks, and analytics platforms that surface payroll defect trends, pay processing metrics, and operational health indicators to senior leadership. As a senior data engineer, you'll be a technical leader responsible for architectural decisions, data modeling strategy, and mentoring that shape both our data platforms and team members. Key job responsibilities • You'll define and drive the technical vision for payroll data pipelines, mentor engineers, and drive innovation in how we ingest, process, store, and serve payroll data across the global organization. • You will lead the design and implementation of enterprise data platforms that support pay defect analytics, payroll processing metrics, and operational dashboards viewed at the highest levels in…