Software Development Engineer, Amazon Pay Transaction Processing

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer passionate about innovation and collaboration to join the newly formed Engineering Services team. This role involves tackling technical challenges, designing systems at scale, and contributing to the mission of advancing the retail grocery industry. Candidates must have a solid background in software development and excellent interpersonal skills to thrive in a team-oriented environment.

Benefits

Mentoring programs

Regular tech talks with principal engineers

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience in systems.
• Experience with web services and high-volume transactions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy reliable distributed solutions.
• Work with core technologies like Java and AWS.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Object-oriented design

Interpersonal communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Java

C/C++

Job description

Software Development Engineer, Amazon Pay Transaction Processing

The Challenge: Whole Foods Market is looking for Software Development Engineer who is passionate and innovative that have a heart for Nourishing People and the Planet to join our newly formed Engineering Services team. This team will be tackling some of our most complex and challenging projects and will deliver innovative technical solutions to advance the retail grocery industry.

The Team: We are building a new team grounds up. We can't wait to show customers what's possible when Amazon and Whole Foods Market innovate together. This is just the beginning and we need exceptional people across all technology disciplines to build and unearth the full potential of this opportunity.

The Role: Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment. As a Software Development Engineer, you will help tackle a diverse landscape of technical challenges. We are an early-stage initiative, and you will play an active role in translating business requirements into concrete systems and prototyping concepts, and working with technology leaders within the team and across the business.

The Work: You will design, develop and deploy reliable distributed solutions that operate at Amazon scale. You will work with a variety of core languages and technologies including Java and AWS services. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and will have the opportunity to redefine an industry while working with different teams across Amazon and Whole Foods Market. Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on many people. Most importantly you’ll be contributing to our Higher Purpose of Nourishing People and the Planet!

Key Attributes and Responsibilities
· You are passionate about defining and creating brand new products and services that will radically improve customer experiences in key strategic areas
· You are able to translate business objectives into technical solutions understanding how it will impact and align with overall strategy
· You love to explore unknown territory and invent simple, beautiful solutions to complex business and usability problems, sometimes with no clear precedent in today’s world
· You are highly collaborative, with a proven record of working closely with your team to influence outcomes and propose well-informed new directions
· You have great interpersonal communication skills. You’re good at finding new and better ways of communicating and sharing your work, and are always fine-tuning your work for impact and transparency

Key job responsibilities
You are passionate about defining and creating brand new products and services that will radically improve customer experiences in key strategic areas
· You are able to translate business objectives into technical solutions understanding how it will impact and align with overall strategy
· You love to explore unknown territory and invent simple, beautiful solutions to complex business and usability problems, sometimes with no clear precedent in today’s world
· You are highly collaborative, with a proven record of working closely with your team to influence outcomes and propose well-informed new directions
· You have great interpersonal communication skills. You’re good at finding new and better ways of communicating and sharing your work, and are always fine-tuning your work for impact and transparency

Expertise in object-oriented design and coding skills (Java and/or C/C++ preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
Experience developing distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications in a 24/7 environment.
Web services and web application/services development experience.
2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world-class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most dynamic, innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere. In addition to a stimulating working environment, Amazon offers mentoring programs, regular tech talks with principal engineers, and a variety of career paths to pursue.

Come join us we work hard, have Fun and make History!


About the team
AmazonPay, one of the fastest growing businesses of Amazon, enables e-commerce websites to accept, and customers to utilise the payment information stored in their Amazon.com accounts to pay for goods and services at sites off-Amazon. AmazonPay also enables customers to manage their account preferences and see their off-Amazon transactions. Hundreds of thousands of Users make millions of transactions worldwide on AmazonPay. We develop software at every level of the stack from front-end user interfaces to backend server software and everything in between.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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