Software Engineer II: Design, Scale & Deliver

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

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join our Seattle team. You will design, build, and operate systems that solve customer problems at scale, contributing across the full software development lifecycle from understanding needs to deployment.

You will write high-quality code, collaborate with engineers, and help shape technical direction while mentoring newer team members and driving reliable operations in production.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full software development lifecycle.
• Ability to write high-quality code.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software features and improvements across major portions of your team's systems, spanning the full development lifecycle including product definition, scoping, coding, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code and participate in code reviews to uphold quality standards.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional peers to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Identify and resolve root causes of operational issues and drive permanent fixes for reliability.
• Evaluate new tools and AI capabilities to augment productivity and quality and share recommendations.

Skills

Software design

Code quality

Code reviews

Collaboration

Mentoring

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join our Seattle team. You will design, build, and operate systems that solve customer problems at scale, contributing across the full software development lifecycle from understanding needs to deployment.

You will write high-quality code, collaborate with engineers, and help shape technical direction while mentoring newer team members and driving reliable operations in production.