Software Development Engineer II, Amazon, Amazon Payments Products

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Software Development Engineer II to join the UPX team in Seattle. The role involves building scalable systems using cutting-edge technologies and contributing to a collaborative culture focused on innovative solutions. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software development experience and is adept at managing complex engineering challenges.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Build highly scalable software systems to meet business growth.
• Design the payment experience direction with multiple teams.
• Manage all phases of Software Development life Cycle.

Skills

Software Development

Systems Design

Scaling

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer II, Amazon, Amazon Payments Products

Do you enjoy working on the latest cloud technologies, collaborating with multiple partner teams, and delivering impactful solutions that drives customer engagement? Are you a tenured software development engineer? If so, continue reading.

UPX (Unified Payments eXperience) team is growing, modernizing the architecture with the use of bleeding edge technologies. We are looking for exceptional talent to rapidly build applications that use exciting new AWS services, Reactive Native technology, Open Source frameworks, and Server-less architecture. We solve complex engineering problems from securing customer’s PII end to end to building a highly reliable set of Tier-1 services with 5 9s availability. Innovation is in our DNA and everyday we solve challenging engineering problems.

As a Software Development Engineer within UPX team, you will solve unique and complex problems at a rapid pace, utilizing the latest technologies to create solutions that are highly scalable. You will design and develop product features, building for scale, efficiency, and differentiated customer experience.

We’re thus looking for software engineers passionate about building software solutions end-to-end, have strong software development experience delivering at scale solutions, and systems design skills. You should have a demonstrated ability to deliver end customer facing features with high quality. You will be involved in all phases of Software Development life Cycle, from scoping requirements, requirement analysis, design, development, test, CI/CD, security implementation, and operational excellence with the ability to work cross-functionally as well as with Product Managers, business stakeholders and other tech teams through the actual launch of the project.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:

Build highly scalable software systems to meet the rapid growth of Amazon's Business.
Evolve and build services that are highly reliable and extremely low latency
Design the direction of the payment experience working with multiple different teams across the company
Build the next generation systems for simplifying customer's payment experience and enable rapid experimentation

A day in the life
You will be working in a fast-paced environment, on a team of smart software engineers, to design and build the right technical solutions to meet the needs of the business. You will have direct ownership over the design of new components aimed at improving the platform's extensibility, scalability, availability, and latency.

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 for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.