Senior Software Development Engineer

Join Amazon's Tax Platform Services team to work on one of the world's largest transactional distributed systems. This role focuses on building and maintaining the core services that calculate taxes (sales tax and VAT) for all Amazon sales globally and generate tax invoices. You'll be tackling complex challenges of managing global tax rates and laws while ensuring accurate, high-speed calculations processing thousands of requests per second.

The team manages hundreds of millions of records and handles millions of service requests per minute. You'll be working with cutting-edge distributed systems technology in a Java, Linux, and Oracle-based environment. This position offers the opportunity to work with customers and peers across Amazon's entire business spectrum on innovative features.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in designing scalable solutions, mentoring team members, and driving technical decisions. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring both architectural vision and strong coding skills. You'll work in an agile environment where you're always focused on the highest-priority initiatives.

The position offers exposure to complex distributed systems problems, global-scale challenges, and the opportunity to work with a team of talented engineers. You'll be responsible for the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment and maintenance. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while having a direct impact on Amazon's global business operations.

The ideal candidate combines technical expertise with strong communication skills and thrives in a fast-paced environment where they can make significant contributions to critical business systems. You'll have the chance to grow your career while working on systems that process millions of transactions and directly impact Amazon's customers worldwide.