Software Development Engineer-II, Amazon

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a talented Software Development Engineer to join their Digital Acceleration Commerce team. The role involves leading the architecture and development of scalable web services, requiring strong technical skills and a background in software development. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess creativity and analytical reasoning skills.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of high-scale web services.
• Work on scalable web services using cloud technologies.

Skills

Software Development

Design Patterns

Analytical Reasoning

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Software Development Engineer-II, Amazon

Amazon.com is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Software Development Engineer to join the Digital Acceleration Commerce team. The Digital Acceleration Commerce team owns services supporting the publishing, pricing and purchase of Digital content, including Kindle Books, Amazon AppStore, Amazon Music, Amazon Video, etc.

This candidate will be joining a team working on scalable web services using cloud technologies. The work will be highly visible to Amazon customers and internal stakeholders.

As a Software Development Engineer, this person will lead the architecture and development of high-scale web services and workflows. A successful candidate will have an established background in designing and developing back-end web services, strong technical skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, high creativity, and great analytical reasoning skills.

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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