Software Dev Engineer II, Cross Border Tech

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Software Development Engineer II to innovate international trade services. The role involves developing tools and systems that enhance global shopping experiences, requiring problem-solving and software development skills. Join a team fostering mentorship and career growth.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex problems through data, rapidly.
• Design and develop state-of-the-art software systems.
• Own inputs and business outcomes through auditing.

Skills

Problem Solving

Software Development

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Software Dev Engineer II, Cross Border Tech

Are you interested in building next-generation services that will re-define international trade at Amazon? Do you want to improve how shoppers around the world discover and purchase global merchandise? Amazon Exports and Expansion is building new services responsible for enhancing the international shopping experience. Global Store (GS) and Core Exports (CE), together, enable cross-border (XB) shopping for Amazon customers worldwide. CE serves cross-border customers in 200+ destinations and shopping on 11 Exports-enabled stores by providing access to 177M+ products at competitive prices, with a localized shopping experience, and a reliable and accurate delivery experience. GS complements the local flywheel in 14 countries across 59 source-destination pairs (arcs), creating an integrated experience, enabling customers to shop Amazon’s international selection on their local Amazon or third-party website. GS abstracts XB fulfillment processes to make it seamless for customers to shop for Amazon’s international selection while offering a fully localized experience with access to competitive pricing in local currency, cross-border DEX, C-returns, exclusive deals and promotions, local payment methods, and local customer service.

Description

The AEE Selection Tech team is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer interested in disrupting the way products are made available to customers, sold, and distributed on a global scale. The right candidate will be involved in building new tools, services, and distribution structures across Amazon’s growing footprint. The products and capabilities enabled by this role will deliver unprecedented selection and prices across Amazon’s 100 million+ customers, while innovating beyond established cross-border norms. The right candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with interactions across a wide variety of e-commerce topics and demonstrate competence in multiple fields and skill sets.

At Amazon, we work to be the most customer-centric company on earth, enabling products that meet our customers’ needs and demands while providing a safe experience. We seek talented, bright, dynamic, and dedicated individuals. Are you excited to help Amazon grow product selection globally?

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team supports new members with a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, fostering knowledge sharing and mentorship. Senior engineers enjoy mentoring junior engineers and those from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring and thorough, kind code reviews. We care about your career growth, assigning projects that help you develop into a well-rounded engineer and take on more complex tasks in the future.

Key job responsibilities

1. Solve complex problems through data, rapidly.
2. Design and develop state-of-the-art software systems addressing these complex and ambiguous problems.
3. Own the inputs and business outcomes through relentless auditing and metric monitoring, automatically where possible.

This position is ideal for candidates ready to handle scaling challenges at Amazon and build mission-critical system software applications and tools. It also offers an opportunity for freelance candidates to become domain experts and significantly impact the design, architecture, and development of consumer products. Depending on performance, this experience can lead to permanent Software Development Engineer roles at Amazon.

A day in the life

As a Software Development Engineer, you will own the software design, documentation, development, engineering approach, delivery, and support of systems built natively in AWS. You will collaborate with leaders, work backward from customers, identify problems, propose innovative solutions, and disrupt how products are bought, sold, and distributed globally. You will build new tools, services, and distribution structures across Amazon’s footprint, delivering unprecedented selection while complying with global trade and product compliance requirements. You will thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with diverse e-commerce topics and demonstrate competence across multiple fields and skill sets.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, scaling)
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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Posted: May 14, 2025 (Updated 19 minutes ago)

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