Software Development Engineer

Amazon; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Tempe, AZ is seeking a passionate Software Development Engineer to tackle hard problems in item discovery and personalized recommendations. You will influence product features, drive the system architecture, and push best practices for a quality, scalable service.

You will work with a team of engineers, applied scientists, PMs, and designers to deliver fast, measurable results that impact millions of customers and the business.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (patterns, scaling) experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software language.

Responsibilities

• Influence product features and define system architecture.
• Solve algorithmically complex problems and build scalable services.
• Utilize AI tooling, ML, and computer vision to improve item discovery.
• Ship features quickly and measure impact on revenue and user experience.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, PMs, and designers to raise customer experience.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Job ID: 10518555 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are looking for a passionate and innovative Software Development Engineer who loves solving hard problems and can tackle the challenges faced by our customers in discovering items that match their preferences and inspire their sense of style. We are looking for individuals who can thrive in a work environment where we quickly deliver innovative features in behalf of our customers.

Being a member of our team, you will be:

• Having significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.
• Responsible for solving algorithmically complex problems; building services that can scale to millions of requests and deployed globally delivering an exceptional customer experience.
• Using cutting edge technologies, AI Toolings, machine learning and computer vision techniques to infer various datasources to provide most relevant suggestions to our customers and to improve the discovery of items.
• Building systems that will impact millions of customers and create multi-million dollar revenue opportunities, ship in just a couple of weeks and instantly measure the dollar value of what you have developed.
• Working with a group of top-notch software developers and applied scientists, seasoned product and program managers, and creative visual designers who form a great team to raise the bar on the customer experience.

About the team We're the team behind the trust layer of Amazon's seller payments ecosystem. Every credit or debit card a seller registers — we're the ones making sure it's safe, seamless, and secure throughout its entire lifecycle. Millions of sellers trust Amazon with their payment instruments. Every day, our systems stand between that trust and hundreds of millions in potential risk. We're looking for builders who want their code to have real financial consequences leveraging AI toolings and Science solutions.

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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, AZ, Tempe - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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