diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2f9b59abb..3dfb6f913 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,34 +1,48 @@
 repos:
-      - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
-        rev: 5.9.3
-        hooks:
-        - id: isort
-          additional_dependencies: [toml]
-          exclude: examples/*
-      - repo: https://github.com/python/black
-        rev: 22.3.0
-        hooks:
-        - id: black
-      - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
-        rev: 3.9.2
-        hooks:
-        - id: flake8
-      - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-        rev: pylint-2.7.4
-        hooks:
-        - id: pylint
-      - repo: https://github.com/econchick/interrogate
-        rev: 1.5.0
-        hooks:
-        - id: interrogate
-          exclude: ^(build|docs|merlin/io|tests|setup.py|versioneer.py)
-          args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
-      - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-        rev: v2.1.0
-        hooks:
-        - id: codespell
-      - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-        rev: 1.7.0
-        hooks:
-        - id: bandit
-          args: [--verbose, -ll, -x, tests,examples,bench]
+  # imports
+  - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/absolufy-imports
+    rev: v0.3.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: absolufy-imports
+  - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
+    rev: 5.9.3
+    hooks:
+    - id: isort
+      additional_dependencies: [toml]
+      exclude: examples/*
+  # code style
+  - repo: https://github.com/python/black
+    rev: 22.3.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: black
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
+    rev: pylint-2.7.4
+    hooks:
+    - id: pylint
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 3.9.2
+    hooks:
+    - id: flake8
+  # notebooks
+  - repo: https://github.com/s-weigand/flake8-nb
+    rev: v0.3.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: flake8-nb
+      files: \.ipynb$
+  # documentation
+  - repo: https://github.com/econchick/interrogate
+    rev: 1.5.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: interrogate
+      exclude: ^(build|docs|merlin/io|tests|setup.py|versioneer.py)
+      args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.1.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: codespell
+  # security
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
+    rev: 1.7.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: bandit
+      args: [--verbose, -ll, -x, tests,examples,bench]
diff --git a/merlin/core/__init__.py b/merlin/core/__init__.py
index 7102ab501..f6b332d52 100644
--- a/merlin/core/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/core/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-from ._version import get_versions
+from merlin.core._version import get_versions
 
 __version__ = get_versions()["version"]
 del get_versions
diff --git a/merlin/dag/__init__.py b/merlin/dag/__init__.py
index 86db9c353..49006e417 100644
--- a/merlin/dag/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/dag/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 
 # flake8: noqa
-from .base_operator import BaseOperator, Supports
-from .graph import Graph
-from .node import Node, iter_nodes, postorder_iter_nodes, preorder_iter_nodes
-from .selector import ColumnSelector
+from merlin.dag.base_operator import BaseOperator, Supports
+from merlin.dag.graph import Graph
+from merlin.dag.node import Node, iter_nodes, postorder_iter_nodes, preorder_iter_nodes
+from merlin.dag.selector import ColumnSelector
diff --git a/merlin/dag/ops/__init__.py b/merlin/dag/ops/__init__.py
index 58b236bdb..b9e2f60c6 100644
--- a/merlin/dag/ops/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/dag/ops/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 # alias submodules here to avoid breaking everything with moving to submodules
 # flake8: noqa
-from .concat_columns import ConcatColumns
-from .selection import SelectionOp
-from .subset_columns import SubsetColumns
-from .subtraction import SubtractionOp
+from merlin.dag.ops.concat_columns import ConcatColumns
+from merlin.dag.ops.selection import SelectionOp
+from merlin.dag.ops.subset_columns import SubsetColumns
+from merlin.dag.ops.subtraction import SubtractionOp
diff --git a/merlin/io/__init__.py b/merlin/io/__init__.py
index d89e26197..0a03a751e 100644
--- a/merlin/io/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/io/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 
 # flake8: noqa
-from . import dataframe_iter, dataset, shuffle
-from .dataframe_iter import DataFrameIter
-from .dataset import Dataset
-from .shuffle import Shuffle, shuffle_df
+from merlin.io import dataframe_iter, dataset, shuffle
+from merlin.io.dataframe_iter import DataFrameIter
+from merlin.io.dataset import Dataset
+from merlin.io.shuffle import Shuffle, shuffle_df
diff --git a/merlin/io/avro.py b/merlin/io/avro.py
index d3f591434..97341e07c 100644
--- a/merlin/io/avro.py
+++ b/merlin/io/avro.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from dask.base import tokenize
 from dask.dataframe.core import new_dd_object
 
-from .dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
+from merlin.io.dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
 
 
 class AvroDatasetEngine(DatasetEngine):
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class AvroDatasetEngine(DatasetEngine):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, paths, part_size, storage_options=None, cpu=False, **kwargs):
+        # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
         super().__init__(paths, part_size, storage_options=storage_options, cpu=cpu)
         if kwargs != {}:
             raise ValueError("Unexpected AvroDatasetEngine argument(s).")
diff --git a/merlin/io/csv.py b/merlin/io/csv.py
index ee4d0b695..5fc819352 100644
--- a/merlin/io/csv.py
+++ b/merlin/io/csv.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from fsspec.core import get_fs_token_paths
 from fsspec.utils import infer_compression
 
-from .dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
+from merlin.io.dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
 
 
 class CSVDatasetEngine(DatasetEngine):
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class CSVDatasetEngine(DatasetEngine):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, paths, part_size, storage_options=None, cpu=False, **kwargs):
+        # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
         super().__init__(paths, part_size, cpu=cpu, storage_options=storage_options)
         self._meta = {}
         self.csv_kwargs = kwargs
diff --git a/merlin/io/dask.py b/merlin/io/dask.py
index c9203a5e8..86277eca3 100644
--- a/merlin/io/dask.py
+++ b/merlin/io/dask.py
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 
 from merlin.core.dispatch import annotate
 from merlin.core.utils import ensure_optimize_dataframe_graph, global_dask_client
+from merlin.io.shuffle import Shuffle
 from merlin.io.worker import clean_worker_cache, get_worker_cache
-
-from .shuffle import Shuffle
-from .writer_factory import _writer_cls_factory, writer_factory
+from merlin.io.writer_factory import _writer_cls_factory, writer_factory
 
 
 class DaskSubgraph:
diff --git a/merlin/io/dataframe_engine.py b/merlin/io/dataframe_engine.py
index 7825770d4..f63e1283e 100644
--- a/merlin/io/dataframe_engine.py
+++ b/merlin/io/dataframe_engine.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from dask.dataframe.core import new_dd_object
 from dask.highlevelgraph import HighLevelGraph
 
-from .dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
+from merlin.io.dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
 
 
 class DataFrameDatasetEngine(DatasetEngine):
diff --git a/merlin/io/dataset.py b/merlin/io/dataset.py
index 77fdf4d15..d55ed0b90 100644
--- a/merlin/io/dataset.py
+++ b/merlin/io/dataset.py
@@ -33,16 +33,15 @@
 import merlin.core.dispatch as dispatch
 from merlin.core.dispatch import convert_data, hex_to_int, is_dataframe_object
 from merlin.core.utils import device_mem_size, global_dask_client, set_client_deprecated
+from merlin.io.csv import CSVDatasetEngine
+from merlin.io.dask import _ddf_to_dataset, _simple_shuffle
+from merlin.io.dataframe_engine import DataFrameDatasetEngine
 from merlin.io.dataframe_iter import DataFrameIter
+from merlin.io.parquet import ParquetDatasetEngine
 from merlin.io.shuffle import _check_shuffle_arg
 from merlin.schema import ColumnSchema, Schema
 from merlin.schema.io.tensorflow_metadata import TensorflowMetadata
 
-from .csv import CSVDatasetEngine
-from .dask import _ddf_to_dataset, _simple_shuffle
-from .dataframe_engine import DataFrameDatasetEngine
-from .parquet import ParquetDatasetEngine
-
 try:
     import cudf
 except ImportError:
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ def __init__(
                     )
                 elif engine == "avro":
                     try:
-                        from .avro import AvroDatasetEngine
+                        from merlin.io.avro import AvroDatasetEngine
                     except ImportError as e:
                         raise RuntimeError(
                             "Failed to import AvroDatasetEngine. Make sure uavro is installed."
diff --git a/merlin/io/hugectr.py b/merlin/io/hugectr.py
index 1206de091..a0f81cbb3 100644
--- a/merlin/io/hugectr.py
+++ b/merlin/io/hugectr.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from .writer import ThreadedWriter
+from merlin.io.writer import ThreadedWriter
 
 
 class HugeCTRWriter(ThreadedWriter):
diff --git a/merlin/io/parquet.py b/merlin/io/parquet.py
index 310d95203..4b07e355d 100644
--- a/merlin/io/parquet.py
+++ b/merlin/io/parquet.py
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@
     aggregate_row_groups = None
 
 from merlin.core.utils import run_on_worker
-
-from .dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
-from .fsspec_utils import _optimized_read_partition_remote, _optimized_read_remote
-from .shuffle import Shuffle, shuffle_df
-from .writer import ThreadedWriter
+from merlin.io.dataset_engine import DatasetEngine
+from merlin.io.fsspec_utils import _optimized_read_partition_remote, _optimized_read_remote
+from merlin.io.shuffle import Shuffle, shuffle_df
+from merlin.io.writer import ThreadedWriter
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("merlin")
 
diff --git a/merlin/io/writer.py b/merlin/io/writer.py
index 397229026..9e4b7a452 100644
--- a/merlin/io/writer.py
+++ b/merlin/io/writer.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 from fsspec.core import get_fs_token_paths
 
 from merlin.core.dispatch import annotate
-
-from .shuffle import shuffle_df
+from merlin.io.shuffle import shuffle_df
 
 
 class Writer:
diff --git a/merlin/io/writer_factory.py b/merlin/io/writer_factory.py
index 7c144b833..c7ed4489f 100644
--- a/merlin/io/writer_factory.py
+++ b/merlin/io/writer_factory.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #
 from fsspec.core import get_fs_token_paths
 
-from .hugectr import HugeCTRWriter
-from .parquet import CPUParquetWriter, GPUParquetWriter
+from merlin.io.hugectr import HugeCTRWriter
+from merlin.io.parquet import CPUParquetWriter, GPUParquetWriter
 
 
 def writer_factory(
diff --git a/merlin/schema/__init__.py b/merlin/schema/__init__.py
index 256b2a26f..3bdee8aca 100644
--- a/merlin/schema/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/schema/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 #
 
 # flake8: noqa
-from .schema import ColumnSchema, Schema
-from .tags import Tags, TagSet, TagsType
+from merlin.schema.schema import ColumnSchema, Schema
+from merlin.schema.tags import Tags, TagSet, TagsType
diff --git a/merlin/schema/io/tensorflow_metadata.py b/merlin/schema/io/tensorflow_metadata.py
index cbe496ac5..2d07aacf6 100644
--- a/merlin/schema/io/tensorflow_metadata.py
+++ b/merlin/schema/io/tensorflow_metadata.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 import fsspec
 import numpy
 
-from ..schema import ColumnSchema
-from ..schema import Schema as MerlinSchema
-from ..tags import Tags
-from . import proto_utils, schema_bp
-from .schema_bp import Feature, FeatureType, FixedShape, FloatDomain, IntDomain
-from .schema_bp import Schema as ProtoSchema
-from .schema_bp import ValueCount
+from merlin.schema.io import proto_utils, schema_bp
+from merlin.schema.io.schema_bp import Feature, FeatureType, FixedShape, FloatDomain, IntDomain
+from merlin.schema.io.schema_bp import Schema as ProtoSchema
+from merlin.schema.io.schema_bp import ValueCount
+from merlin.schema.schema import ColumnSchema
+from merlin.schema.schema import Schema as MerlinSchema
+from merlin.schema.tags import Tags
 
 DOMAIN_ATTRS = {FeatureType.INT: "int_domain", FeatureType.FLOAT: "float_domain"}
 FEATURE_TYPES = {
diff --git a/merlin/schema/schema.py b/merlin/schema/schema.py
index a60524c89..9497efe0d 100644
--- a/merlin/schema/schema.py
+++ b/merlin/schema/schema.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-from .tags import Tags, TagSet
+from merlin.schema.tags import Tags, TagSet
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)