Software Development Engineer, Business Information Governance

Amazon; Ireland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Business Information Governance team in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, you will design and maintain scalable distributed systems, implement event-driven architectures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in programming and system design. A Bachelor's degree in computer science is preferred. This position offers the chance to influence critical systems impacting the entire organization.

Qualifications

• Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems.
• Implement event-driven architectures.
• Develop scalable data processing pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on solutions.
• Contribute to migration of legacy systems.
• Participate in operational excellence initiatives.
• Write clean, maintainable code.

Skills

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Data processing pipelines

Clean code

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

We're seeking a talented Software Development Engineer to join our Business Information Governance (BIG) team in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, you'll work on exciting projects that combine distributed systems, event‑driven architecture and large‑scale infrastructure to solve complex content experience challenges.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on systems that are critical to Amazon's daily operations, touching every employee and business unit across the company.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems for content management infrastructure
• Design and implement event‑driven architectures
• Develop and maintain scalable data processing pipelines
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to architect solutions for content transformation
• Contribute to the deprecation and migration of legacy systems while building next‑generation replacements
• Participate in operational excellence initiatives, including on‑call rotations and system monitoring
• Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing and documentation

About the team

The Business Information Governance (BIG) team is a sub‑team of the Enterprise Engineering organization. We consist of System Development Engineers (SysDE), Software Development Engineers (SDE), Technical Program Managers (TPM), Product Managers Technical (PM‑T) and Software Development Manager (SDM). The mission of the Business Information Governance team is to empower application owners at Amazon to effectively govern their data, enabling the business to gain value from the content we store. This is done by providing guidance, mechanisms, and tooling to application owners, to ensure consistent and standardised handling of data across applications.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.