Software Development Engineer: Build Scalable Global Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Detroit, MI is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and build scalable distributed systems, collaborating across teams to deliver innovative products.

You will work in an agile environment, apply knowledge of languages like C++, Java, C#, or Perl, and help solve complex problems at scale.

The role offers growth, competitive benefits, and impact across customers worldwide.

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

Object Oriented Design

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon in Detroit, MI is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and build scalable distributed systems, collaborating across teams to deliver innovative products.

You will work in an agile environment, apply knowledge of languages like C++, Java, C#, or Perl, and help solve complex problems at scale.

The role offers growth, competitive benefits, and impact across customers worldwide.