Software Development Engineer II — Build Scale & Impact

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Redmond, WA to design, implement, and deliver features across the full software development lifecycle. You will tackle complex problems and mentor others while collaborating with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand customer needs.

You will balance performance, reliability, and security as you own key services, contribute to design discussions, review code, and turn ambiguous requirements into robust solutions.

Qualifications

• Design and implement software solutions across the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers through reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and security in solutions.
• Translate requirements into robust software.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions that enable new features and improvements, balancing tradeoffs across scalability, maintainability, performance, and security.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle — from product definition and scoping through design, coding, testing, deployment, and ongoing operations.
• Identify root causes of operational issues and drive permanent fixes, continuously improving system reliability and your team's operational processes.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to understand business and customer needs, ensuring the right solutions are delivered.
• Mentor and coach other engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing, producing clear documentation so that your software can be maintained and extended by others.

Skills

Software design

Code reviews

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Redmond, WA to design, implement, and deliver features across the full software development lifecycle. You will tackle complex problems and mentor others while collaborating with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand customer needs.

You will balance performance, reliability, and security as you own key services, contribute to design discussions, review code, and turn ambiguous requirements into robust solutions.