SDE II, Buy With Prime

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Development Engineer, where you will spearhead a Greenfield initiative that tackles intriguing software architecture challenges. This role empowers you to design and build scalable services that will reach millions of customers globally. Collaborate with a talented engineering community and influence product design while working in an agile environment. With a focus on innovation and quality, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on customer experiences. If you're passionate about technology and eager to drive change, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Financial Benefits

Equity Opportunities

Flexible Work Arrangements

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience required.
• Experience with design patterns and system architecture is essential.

Responsibilities

• Build distributed software applications using AWS to enhance customer experience.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to define and deliver tech architecture.

Skills

Software Development

Systems Design

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Source Control Management

Testing Tools

Job description

Job ID: 2959690 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are looking for high caliber Software Development Engineers to start a Greenfield initiative with strategic significance and high exposure. In this initiative, we will tackle some of the most intriguing problems in software architecture while designing and building highly scalable services, and solutions from the ground up.

This role requires deep technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to hit the ground running. You will be responsible for solving algorithmically complex problems, working on front and back-end services that can scale to millions of requests, building products that will reach millions of customers, and deploying them globally to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Our project spans across Amazon Consumer and AWS business lines as we work to build high request volume customer-facing services.

You will work closely with and learn from a sizeable Principal Engineering community with direct interaction with projects leading up to the S-Team level. As innovators who embrace new technology, you will be empowered to choose the right highly scalable and available technology to solve complex problems and directly influence product design.

Key job responsibilities

1. Build brand new distributed software applications using native AWS to deliver unique customer experiences.
2. Own defining, disambiguating, designing, and implementing multi-tier distributed software systems and applications.
3. Estimate effort, plan implementation, and launch systems that meet requirements for functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, and adherence to development goals and principles.
4. Experiment, innovate and deliver fast, agile, and reliable with high quality and low technical debt. You should be passionate about building, improving and championing the product and a strong sense of ownership is a must.
5. Must be able to effectively collaborate in a fast-paced environment with multiple teams in a large organization (software development, QA, Project/Release Management, Build and Release, etc).

A day in the life

1. You will be working directly with PEs, SDEs and TPMs in this organization to define the experience and develop the tech architecture of all the platforms.
2. You will own the end-to-end design of the platforms and modules you build.
3. You will work with the product to refine the vision and influence the tech roadmap.
4. You will lead the effort of development and delivery with other SDEs.
5. You will work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

About the team
Buy with Prime is helping people reimagine the way they shop….wherever they do! Our vision is to enable every entrepreneur in the world to reach every customer in the world through every channel they can imagine. Buy with Prime is a new way to extend Prime shopping benefits—including fast, free shipping, a seamless checkout experience, and free returns—to merchants’ own online stores, ultimately increasing selection for Prime members. For over 20 years, Amazon has been empowering small and medium-sized businesses with opportunities to grow. Buy with Prime is an exciting next step in our mission to help merchants of all sizes grow their business—whether on Amazon or beyond.

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit here for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit here.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.