✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Software Development Engineer, AWS Athena

at Amazon.com

📍 US, CA, East Palo Alto Unknown Posted March 26, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 3+ years
Education Bachelor's degree in a related field
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

This role involves developing and optimizing large-scale data processing systems within AWS, focusing on distributed technologies and open source frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design large-scale data systems
  • Develop and test data pipelines
  • Optimize query performance
  • Contribute to open source projects
  • Collaborate with engineering teams

Technical Overview

The environment includes distributed systems, big data frameworks like Hive, Spark, Presto, and cloud platforms such as AWS, with an emphasis on performance and operational excellence.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level data engineer with experience in distributed systems, big data frameworks, and open source contributions, capable of designing and optimizing large-scale data systems.

Must-Have Skills

Designingdevelopingtestingand deploying large-scale systemsExperience with distributed technologyKnowledge of open source big data frameworksBachelor's degree in a related field

Nice-to-Have Skills

Performance tuningOperational excellenceContributing to open source projectsExperience with query engines

Tools & Platforms

HiveSparkPresto

Required Skills

distributed systemsquery enginesbig dataperformance optimizationopen sourceHiveSparkPrestocloud computingdata analysis

Hard Skills

Distributed systemsQuery enginesOpen source applicationsPerformance optimizationBig data frameworksHiveSparkPresto

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingInnovation

Industry & Role

Industry Cloud Computing / Big Data
Job Function Building and optimizing big data analytics systems
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Hadoop, Spark, Presto

Keywords for Your Resume

distributed systemsquery enginesbig dataperformance optimizationopen sourceHiveSparkPrestocloud computingAWSAmazon Web Servicesdata analysisdata engineeringperformance tuningoperational excellencecollaborationmentoringleadership

Deal Breakers

No experience with distributed systems, Lack of knowledge in big data frameworks, No bachelor's degree, No experience with open source projects

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