Software Development Engineer, Scalable Seller Platform

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

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, highly available distributed systems that power Selling Partner Services. You will work with Java, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch to synthesize data and enforce complex business rules for a 24/7/365 platform.

The role emphasizes analytical thinking, problem solving, and strong communication as you collaborate across engineering and support teams to deliver robust, scalable

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 year of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1 year 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 year 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

• Design, build, and operate systems that are secure, available, and performant
• Solve difficult problems with appropriate technologies and architectural patterns
• Choose suitable design approaches and apply them pragmatically
• Create maintainable software and avoid over-engineering
• Focus on operational excellence and cost awareness in software decisions
• Designing and driving technical decisions balancing priorities and constraints
• Implementing changes with high quality for availability, security, and performance
• Creating automation to improve reliability and efficiency
• Collaborating with dependent teams to enhance capabilities and resolve challenges
• Driving investigations to root cause anomalies and delivering robust solutions

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

AWS

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, highly available distributed systems that power Selling Partner Services. You will work with Java, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch to synthesize data and enforce complex business rules for a 24/7/365 platform.

The role emphasizes analytical thinking, problem solving, and strong communication as you collaborate across engineering and support teams to deliver robust, scalable