Senior Software Development Engineer, OneMHS Software Controls and Science

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Controls and Science (SCS) in Bellevue, WA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build Human Machine Interfacing Platforms for Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics. You will join a team shaping the software and services powering large-scale, automated material handling systems.

The role emphasizes solving complex problems, delivering robust backend solutions, and collaborating across teams to push the boundaries of warehouse automation within Amazon's scale.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable back-end systems.
• Familiarity with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in warehouse automation or robotics a plus.

Responsibilities

• Solve ambiguous business problems and map them to technical solutions.
• Design, develop, launch, and own back-end systems with high availability.
• Apply patterns, data structures, and algorithms to build systems at Amazon scale.
• Adapt to a fast-paced development environment with a bias toward simple and extensible code.
• Develop knowledge of fulfillment operations, material handling equipment, and industrial control systems.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Job description

Are you passionate about advancing automated material handling systems? Do you thrive on solving complex automation challenges through collaborative innovation? If you're excited about seeing your work transform modern robotics and material handling operations, you'll be a perfect fit at Software Controls and Science (SCS). We are a team of innovative problem-solvers dedicated to revolutionizing warehouse automation through innovative solutions at Amazon's scale. This dynamic team develops and maintains tools for automating the deployment, management, and monitoring of complex material handling systems, including conveyor networks, work cells, and industrial control systems.

We are seeking a passionate Software Development Engineer to innovate in building Human Machine Interfacing Platforms to join the SCS team within the Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics organization.

Amazon’s Operations Technology teams are the technical engines that support Amazon’s mission of being Earth’s most customer-centric company. We build the software and services that touch every Amazon customer globally and innovate solutions for logistics, supply chain optimization, and transportation. If you are a software development engineer with a creative flare, problem-solving skills, exposure to various technologies such as Machine Learning and/or Controls Programming, we want to talk with you.

Key job responsibilities

• You will solve ambiguous business problems and map them to well designed technical solutions.
• You will design, develop, launch, and own back-end systems with high availability and data volumes.
• You will apply the right patterns, data structures, and algorithms to build systems at Amazon scale.
• You will quickly adapt to fast-paced development environment with bias towards simple and extensible code.
• You will develop and apply knowledge of the domain space, fulfillment operations, material handling equipment, and/or industrial control systems.

About the team

We solve complex problems and invent for almost every aspect of fulfillment. We work with ambiguity and large problems, and work in a startup-like environment. Our robotics teams around the world are driving improvements in the safety and autonomy of our worldwide operations.