Principal Data Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition

Amazon is hiring a Principal Data Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition in Seattle, United States. It pays $184k-$249k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this data engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Pay on this posting starts 25% higher than the typical data engineer posting on Level.
The posting mentions NLP among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a lead role.
Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

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As part of Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) Data team, you'll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy for Amazon Talent Acquisition operations. ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals and more, all with the shared goal of connecting the right people to the right jobs in a way that is fair and precise. Last year we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments and helped Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of workers in the right quantity, at the right location, and at exactly the right time. You’ll work on state-of-the-art research, advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms, leveraging Amazon's in-house tech stack to bring innovative solutions to life. Join ITA in using technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems.

The Principal Data Engineer will lead high scope technical projects within ITA and in partnership with multiple technical stakeholders across Amazon Talent Acquisition and People Experience & Technology organizations. Within ITA, the Principal Data Engineer will lead technical strategy to ensure high quality data provision end to end across eight major data services, technical design and hands on development of high impact and complex products and mentoring data engineers in best practice across the organization. Outside ITA, the Principal Data Engineer will partner with technical organizations (both upstream and downstream) to develop scalable interoperability solutions for Amazon Talent Acquisition.

Key job responsibilities
Lead the development of the technical strategy for the ITA organization with a specific focus on how to bring both transactional and analytical data together.

Advise on overall data strategy for PxT Consumer.

Lead designing new services and complex features within existing services.

Lead capability reviews of ITA data infrastructure identifying improvements in existing services and/or identifying critical gaps in the data ecosystem.

Design and implement the interfaces with partner organizations including, but not limited to:
Hands on development on organization level critical projects.

Develop, coach and mentor engineers across ITA to up-skill the organization.

Lead technical design review meetings for data services across People Experience Technology Consumer.

Basic qualifications

Bachelors Degree in a technical field or equivalent

Design, implementation, or consulting experience with distributed applications or related field.

Data engineering experience or related field

Preferred qualifications

Experience working with Data/Research Scientists who require models to be put into production for a variety of models (e.g. predictions, optimization and natural language processing.

Experience with Human Resources Privacy regulations and strategies to manage personally identifiable data world-wide whilst using state of the art solutions to enforce compliance with regulations.

Experience with Transaction and Real Time Data Services

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.

USA, VA, Arlington - 184,000.00 - 248,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 184,000.00 - 248,900.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Principal Data Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition at Amazon rates 19 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Principal Data Engineer, Intelligent Talent Acquisition is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $184k-$249k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on March 26, 2026.
Seniority: lead.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon