Software Development Engineer, Discovery Tech, US Prime & Marketing Technology

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help customers discover across categories and build scalable, customer-centric features using machine learning and AWS services.

You will contribute to design, development, testing, and operations, delivering robust back-end services and intuitive interfaces while collaborating in an agile environment.

This role emphasizes GenAI exploration and high-quality software practices.

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
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to drive business decisions
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, compliance, durability, cost, and security.
• Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables
• Leverage GenAI in science for model building and in software development
• Write high quality distributed system software
• Work in an agile development environment, where you prioritize the highest value solutions for customers.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Do you want to reach the next level in your career? Are you looking for new challenges and solving hard problems while using top-notch technologies? Join us and you'll help millions of customers to discover the best from a multi-billion product selection!

Discovery Tech team helps customers discover and engage with new, popular and relevant products across Amazon worldwide. We do this by combining technology, science, innovation and creativity to build new customer-facing features and experiences alongside intuitive tools for marketers.

You will be responsible for creating products that help customers to shop cross-category, easily discover new ideas, new categories and new brands and have fun while shopping. Through leveraging machine-learning models, you will drive opportunities to automate Amazon’s cross-category marketing and merchandising and will help to deliver the best possible shopping experience for Amazon’s customers all over the globe. You will also be working on building automated systems that merchandize Amazon stores at scale. You will be using AWS services to build automation.

We believe in regular feature development and frequent experimentation, allowing us to continuously improve the customer experience. You will have the opportunity to explore the many channels Amazon provides for customer outreach and engagement across multiple channels (retail website, email, display). The team provides a great opportunity to make an outsized impact in a burgeoning space and on fresh or even yet to be built products and services. There are few opportunities anywhere to start on a new team and make an immediate impact at this scale. We need bright and very talented people to help us fulfill our mission of making Amazon the most loved shopping destination for each customer in the World!

As a Software Development Engineer on our team, you will bring your ability to dive deep into the most complex technical problems to take Amazon Prime acquisition and retention experiences to the next level. You will build systems that maximize Prime member growth. You will enhance the functionality of existing systems, increase our ability to scale, and build new systems, contributing to all aspects of the software development lifecycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. You will use your strong verbal and written communication skills to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment. As a part of our team, you will deliver robust features, intuitive designs, back-end services and user interfaces that make it easy for customers to find relevant products in Amazon

Key Job Responsibilities

As a software development engineer on the team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of product features from beginning to end. You will:

• Work with the team to drive business decisions
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, compliance, durability, cost, and security.
• Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables
• Leverage GenAI in science for model building and in software development
• Write high quality distributed system software
• Work in an agile development environment, where you prioritize the highest value solutions for customers.

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
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences

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, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually