Software Engineer II — Scalable Distributed Systems

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

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Seattle, WA to design and build innovative software in a large distributed environment. You will collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians, implement scalable services, and work in an agile team delivering high-quality code.

The role emphasizes building robust storage, indexing, and query systems, plus applying GenAI/LLM ideas to everyday development, influencing products used by millions of customers.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience programming with at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to design, build, and bring innovative products to market.
• Develop software in a large distributed environment and contribute to scalable, maintainable systems.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with modern technologies at scale.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable and fault-tolerant.
• Design and code solutions starting from broadly defined problems and iterative refinement.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
• Incorporate GenAI/LLM into daily development processes.

Skills

Software development experience

Programming experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II in Seattle, WA to design and build innovative software in a large distributed environment. You will collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians, implement scalable services, and work in an agile team delivering high-quality code.

The role emphasizes building robust storage, indexing, and query systems, plus applying GenAI/LLM ideas to everyday development, influencing products used by millions of customers.