senior Data Engineer ic · Posted May 20, 2026
$50,200 – $87,900
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Data Engineer based in Nashville, TN. The posting calls out experience with Ruby, SQL, Tableau. Compensation is listed at $50,200–$87,900 per year.

Role
Data Engineer
Function
data engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Nashville, TN
Department
Corporate Operations
Posted
May 20, 2026
AI Summary
Senior Data Engineer building metrics, tools, and reports for Amazon's Sort Centers. Owns labor planning processes, develops SQL queries and scripts, creates dashboards, and partners with operations teams to drive efficiency and cost reduction in fulfillment networks.

Job description

from Amazon careers
Amazon is looking for a motivated individual with strong analytical skills to join the Amazon North America Sort Center (NASC) team. In this position, the employee will be responsible for building the metrics, tools, and reports to support Amazon's growth. The individual will have the unique opportunity work with Sort Center Operations teams, HR, Finance, and S&OP to own and drive labor planning process for multiple NASC sort centers. Additionally, they will help support a variety of new business initiatives by collaborating with project managers and software, and finance teams. We are seeking a candidate with proven technical skills in SQL and scripting (VBA, Perl, Ruby, etc.).

Key job responsibilities
- Building and managing benchmarking metrics for Amazon’s fulfillment practices both internally and externally against best-in-class operations
- Perform weekly labor planning processes and highlight capacity risks and mitigation mechanisms in close partnership with General Managers and Regional Directors
- Gathering and analyzing data across business functions to establish global standards for supply chain and product fulfillment
- Developing basic scripts to process data to support business analysis, benchmarking, and optimization efforts
- Generating complex queries to dive deep on process issues
- Innovate to improve customer experience and continuously remove cost from our fulfillment network

- Own the development and maintenance of new and existing solution artifacts which are focused on driving efficiency within the business via analysis, metrics and reporting dashboards
- Partner with operations/business teams to consult, develop and implement KPI's, automated reporting/process solutions, and process improvements to meet business needs.
- Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format.
- Prepare and deliver business requirements reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks.
- Participate in strategic and tactical planning discussions.
- Design, develop and maintain scaled, automated, user-friendly systems, reports, dashboards, etc. that will support our business needs.

Basic Qualifications

- 1+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 2+ years of complex Excel VBA macros writing experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
- Experience with SQL or ETL

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working with Tableau
- Experience using very large datasets

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. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



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