Software Engineer — Build Scalable, High-Impact Tech

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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement scalable software solutions for large distributed systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional Amazonians, create innovative technologies, and contribute to market-ready products and services. Ideal candidates have multiple years of professional software development and architecture experience, with proficiency in at least one programming language, in a role that

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

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Professional software development

Design/architecture experience

Programming language proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement scalable software solutions for large distributed systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional Amazonians, create innovative technologies, and contribute to market-ready products and services. Ideal candidates have multiple years of professional software development and architecture experience, with proficiency in at least one programming language, in a role that