Sr. System Development Engineer, Ordering Systems and Support

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a passionate Sr. System Development Engineer for its Ordering Systems and Support team. This role offers the opportunity to impact customer experience through innovative, mission-critical applications in a collaborative environment focused on operational excellence. Join a dynamic team that builds high volume applications crucial to customer purchases across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a Linux/Unix environment.
• 5+ years of programming experience in Python, Java, Bash, Perl.
• Experience with Relational and non-relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build tools to improve service availability.
• Collaborate with service teams for full continuous deployment.
• Manage security and availability risks.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Python

Java

Bash

Perl

AWS Services

Job description

Sr. System Development Engineer, Ordering Systems and Support

Job ID: 3002788 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are looking for passionate and talented system development engineers who have experience working with innovative, mission critical, high volume applications that customers love. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience. Amazon Ordering team builds services which enables all aspects of a Customer purchase life cycle starting from shopping cart, checkout, order processing, managing order history and fulfillment actions. We run backbone systems that enable rich and low-latency experience for all physical orders accurately and timely.

Our team builds services which are backbone for multiple commerce sites like Grocery, Prime Now, Alexa shopping, Amazon Go, Amazon Books, Amazon pharmacy and more. As a system development engineer on this team, you will be considered a technical subject matter expert for tools and services within the team. Our services include multiple, massively scalable distributed systems that provide inexpensive, reliable, financial controllership platforms to our business partners. You should be somebody who enjoys working on solving problems, are customer-centric, and feels strongly not only about operations but also about running systems and software in the real world. You will work on complex problems that spans across multiple teams or partners like Retail website, Tax Engine Services, Seller Central, Accounting, Tax and Finance systems. Makes improvements to operational excellence by developing generic processes that can be used across multiple systems and for future use cases.

Key job responsibilities
* Design and build tools to improve overall service availability and operational stability.
* Collaborate with service teams to achieve Full Continuous Deployment of tier 1/tier 2 services.
* Improve service resiliency by managing security, availability and other risks.
* Own Infrastructure Market Rate for all services on the team, exploring efficiency opportunities across various products/platforms.
* Own the initiatives to reduce operational burden and improve the quality of resolution to customer contacts.
* Own and operate the entire production operational space including monitoring, alarming, dashboard generation, documentation and other engineering excellence areas.
* Collaborate with service teams on design reviews, to make the product platform robust and scalable.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 5+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- * 3+ years of experience with Relational, Object-Relational, and non-relational databases
- * Experience building with AWS services (S3, DynamoDB, CloudFront, EC2, Lambda)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- * Ability to dive deep to analyze complex issues, solve problems, and automate repetitive tasks
- * Proven ability to troubleshoot large distributed systems and dive code to identify root causes
- * Experience with service-oriented architecture and current web service technologies
- * Experience building and supporting distributed systems running on complex, large-scale networks
- * Excellent documentation skills
- * Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail
- * Experience with agile software development practices

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.