Software Development Engineer II — Scale & Impact

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 207,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Redmond, WA to design, implement, and deliver features across the full software lifecycle. You will tackle complex problems, mentor others, and help improve reliability, performance, and scalability of the systems your team owns.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to translate customer needs into robust software, participate in code reviews, and contribute to operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for large-scale systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions that enable new features and improvements, balancing tradeoffs across scalability, maintainability, performance, and security.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle — from product definition and scoping through design, coding, testing, deployment, and ongoing operations.
• Identify root causes of operational issues and drive permanent fixes, continuously improving system reliability and your team's operational processes.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand business and customer needs, ensuring the right solutions are delivered.
• Mentor and coach other engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing, producing clear documentation so that your software can be maintained and extended by others.

Skills

Software development experience

Object oriented design

Distributed / multi-threaded systems

Programming languages: C#, C++, Java,?

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Design patterns

Reliability & scalability practices

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Redmond, WA to design, implement, and deliver features across the full software lifecycle. You will tackle complex problems, mentor others, and help improve reliability, performance, and scalability of the systems your team owns.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to translate customer needs into robust software, participate in code reviews, and contribute to operational excellence.