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Software Development Engineer, Amazon

Amazon is one of the world's most beloved brands, known for customer obsession and innovative technology.
$151,300 - $261,500
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
E-Commerce · Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Software Development Engineer, Amazon

Do you want to solve business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on cutting-edge, scalable services technology in a team environment? Do you like working on industry-defining projects that move the needle? At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world's most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA.

As a Software Development Engineer (SDE) at Amazon, you'll use cutting-edge technology to solve complex problems and see the impact of your work first-hand. The challenges you'll tackle influence millions of customers, sellers, and products around the world. We're looking for passionate individuals who can create new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity in a fast-paced environment where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years.

You'll be part of the Core Shopping team, focused on building novel ways for customers to find and discover new products. Key responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
  • Designing and building innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment.
  • Delivering customer value iteratively while working towards longer-term systems goals.
  • Building distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
  • Designing and coding solutions for broadly defined problems.
  • Working in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

Join us at Amazon and chart your own path in shaping the future of e-commerce and technology!

Last updated 8 months ago

Responsibilities For Software Development Engineer, Amazon

  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market
  • Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment
  • Deliver customer value iteratively while working towards longer-term systems goals
  • Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use
  • Design and code solutions for broadly defined problems
  • Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software

Requirements For Software Development Engineer, Amazon

Java
Python
  • 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 (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Benefits For Software Development Engineer, Amazon

Medical Insurance
Equity
  • Medical, financial, and other benefits (details not specified)
  • Equity (mentioned as part of total compensation package)
  • Sign-on payments (mentioned as possible part of compensation)

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