Software Development Engineer - FinTech, Fintech - Tax

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Software Development Engineer for its Financial Technology team. The role involves designing and developing scalable systems for tax compliance, utilizing AWS technologies and various programming languages. Candidates should have a strong background in software development and system design, with a commitment to collaboration and innovation. Join a diverse team focused on delivering impactful solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions optimized for Tax customers.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on daily activities.
• Engage in all project phases: requirements review, service design.

Skills

C++

Python

Java

Agile

System Design

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

AngularJS

React

Node.js

SQL Server

AWS

Job description

Software Development Engineer - FinTech, Fintech - Tax

Amazon's Financial Technology team is seeking passionate, results-oriented software developers to work on massively scalable and distributed systems. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, understands large data sets and transactions, and is eager to deliver innovative software leveraging Amazon Web Services. Our platform supports Amazon's global finance, tax, and accounting functions.

As a team member, your mission will be to design, develop, document, and support scalable, distributed real-time systems. Using languages such as C++, Python, Java, and employing object-oriented design patterns, distributed databases, and storage techniques, you'll build software that meets complex, evolving business needs.

We welcome candidates with diverse experience levels, from recent graduates to seasoned technical leaders. If you're ambitious, innovative, and meet the qualifications below, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

1. Design and develop solutions optimized for Tax customers.
2. Contribute to the definition, vision, design, and development of a new platform from start to finish.
3. Engage in all project phases: requirements review, service design, interface development, integration, testing, and deployment.
4. Collaborate with engineering teams on daily activities, design reviews, and code reviews.
5. Evaluate and utilize AWS technologies like RDS, DynamoDB, RedShift, S3, SWF, and QuickSight to build backend services and APIs.
6. Design and implement technical solutions using tools like AngularJS, React, Node.js, JQuery, and SQL Server.
7. Contribute to tools hosted on AWS infrastructure and develop dashboards and visualization services.
8. Work iteratively within agile methodologies.

A Day in the Life

This role involves close collaboration with Tax teams to understand their business challenges, adapt quickly, and prioritize customer needs. You will build quick solutions, create prototypes, and recommend appropriate solutions. You will also work with peers on designing solutions, performing deep dives, and conducting code reviews. Operational responsibilities include resolving tickets and maintaining system health.

About the Team

Our team develops software solutions for tax compliance and auditing, focusing on geo-expansions, in-country reporting, mergers, and acquisitions. We work with stakeholders across geographies and are currently building data lineage-based reporting tools to help tax teams generate reports based on transactional data linkages across financial systems.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience (non-internship)
• 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture, focusing on reliability and scalability
• Experience supporting title development, release, or live operations in the Video Games Industry
• Proficiency in at least one programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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