Senior Software Development Engineer, Digital & Emerging Payments Tech

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming services
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Senior Software Development Engineer, Digital & Emerging Payments Tech

Amazon's Digital & Emerging Payments Tech Team is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join their high-visibility team in Chennai, India. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Amazon's global payment systems and create seamless payment experiences for customers worldwide.

The team is responsible for building and maintaining critical, high-volume payment applications that serve Amazon's global customer base. As a Senior SDE, you'll work on both front-end and back-end highly distributed systems, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure payment processing even when downstream services are unavailable.

This position requires a technical leader who can guide the team towards achieving their vision of delivering the world's best payment experience. You'll collaborate with product managers to develop strategies, work closely with other engineers to implement technical solutions, and maintain high standards of software development practices.

The role offers significant growth potential within Amazon's payment technology ecosystem. You'll be working with diverse technologies, from customer-facing features to complex backend systems, while ensuring the highest levels of security and reliability. The position requires someone who can balance technical excellence with customer-focused innovation.

Key aspects of the role include architecting scalable solutions, mentoring team members, implementing best practices, and staying current with industry trends. You'll be part of a team that takes a global perspective on payments, working to create customized solutions for different geographical markets while maintaining Amazon's high standards for customer experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned software engineer who enjoys working on complex technical challenges, values customer impact, and wants to play a crucial role in shaping the future of digital payments at one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Development Engineer, Digital & Emerging Payments Tech

  • Work with product managers in developing strategy and roadmap
  • Work with SDEs and SDMs to develop technical approaches for new product development
  • Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions
  • Write high quality distributed system software
  • Instill best practices for software development and documentation
  • Monitor and operate production services
  • Mentor and lead engineering team
  • Stay abreast of industry trends and make technology recommendations

Requirements For Senior Software Development Engineer, Digital & Emerging Payments Tech

Java
Python
JavaScript
  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • Experience with full software development life cycle
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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