SDE – Scalable Data & Distributed Systems

Amazon; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSU equity

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon seeks experienced Software Development Engineers to solve complex challenges at scale and deliver customer‑oriented services. You will work across teams to design, build, and optimize innovative technologies in a large distributed environment.

Based in Detroit, you’ll contribute to high‑impact projects while embracing fast iteration, ownership, and continuous learning. This role offers competitive compensation, stock units, and comprehensive benefits as part of an inclusive culture.

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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered, multi‑threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross‑disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault‑tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high‑quality software.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

OO design

Distributed systems

Design patterns

Algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Distributed storage

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Amazon seeks experienced Software Development Engineers to solve complex challenges at scale and deliver customer‑oriented services. You will work across teams to design, build, and optimize innovative technologies in a large distributed environment.

Based in Detroit, you’ll contribute to high‑impact projects while embracing fast iteration, ownership, and continuous learning. This role offers competitive compensation, stock units, and comprehensive benefits as part of an inclusive culture.