SDE II — AI-Powered Lists & Collaborative Shopping

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II for the Lists team in Seattle. You will design and build services powering hundreds of millions of customer interactions around lists, wish lists, gifting, and collaborative shopping at scale, with an emphasis on reliability and performance.

Work spans backend services, APIs, and integrations with Amazon's shopping ecosystem. You will own features end-to-end, partner with product managers and designers, apply AI-native capabilities, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with distributed systems and large-scale services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software components and applications that serve hundreds of millions of customers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software defects using code reviews, log analysis, metrics evaluation, debugging, and other diagnostic techniques.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code as part of an agile engineering team.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to design, develop, test, and launch customer-focused software solutions.
• Apply computer science and engineering principles to solve complex technical challenges.
• Drive continuous improvements in testability, operational excellence, and documentation for owned components.
• Ensure proper data classification, storage, and management in compliance with company policies.

Skills

Software development experience

Distributed systems

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

NodeJS

React

Spring/Guice

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring/alerting

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II for the Lists team in Seattle. You will design and build services powering hundreds of millions of customer interactions around lists, wish lists, gifting, and collaborative shopping at scale, with an emphasis on reliability and performance.

Work spans backend services, APIs, and integrations with Amazon's shopping ecosystem. You will own features end-to-end, partner with product managers and designers, apply AI-native capabilities, and