Amazon.com

Software Development Engineer

Posted on: 30 Mar 2021

Seattle, WA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Are you driven by a desire to invent and simplify? Do you love working on projects that provide tangible value to product teams? Are you passionate about increasing the quality of Amazons products and services? Do you love engineering robust solutions to solve day to day challenges? The Amazon Consumables Private Brands team is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to define, design and develop exciting new products
The Team: The Amazon Accelerator program is designed to enable established manufacturers to rapidly launch their products on Amazon. Accelerator participants create Amazon-exclusive brands that they own and manufacture their entire catalog of products under these brands. This program is in start-up mode and looking for a passionate software engineer to build the next generation of our innovative tools and technologies as we continue to scale the program.
The Role: As a seasoned software engineer, you will participate in all parts of the software development process, from collaborating with stakeholders and product teams on design to executing that design in a scalable and extensible way. You will be involved in creating design and architectures for highly scalable systems, execute on the implementation, plan and execute launches of features, and address operational improvements. You will work with a talented team of software engineers focused on building scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems. In addition, you will collaborate with product managers, designers, and researchers to innovate and rapidly validate new opportunities.
Our Culture and You: We love challenging problems and like to move fast in a growing and changing environment. We use data to guide our decisions and we always push the technology and process boundaries of what is feasible on behalf of our customers. The most successful members of our team are obsessed with helping our customers in creative ways, bring clarity to ambiguity through data driven experimentation, and think big to build solution extensible enough to handle existing and upcoming use cases.
This team is a great fit for you if:


You like to work on projects that have a direct impact to millions of customers across the globe.

You truly care about the business results of what you build, not just the elegance of the technology you build.

You like work on the end to end stack (Platforms, UI, services, databases, distributed systems).

You adapt to change well.

We are looking for an engineer who wants to work on projects that require creative thinking and deep understanding of the problem space. You challenge yourself and others to constantly come up with better solutions. You're a thought leader, but you don't just know how to solve the problem, you prove it by building the solution. You have a high bar for code quality and passion for design and architecture.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BS/MS in Computer Science
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of Distributed Service Oriented Architecture, Relational databases, DynamoDB, and various AWS technologies
Experience successfully mentoring junior SDEs
High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired
By submitting your application here, you can apply once to be considered for multiple Software Engineer openings across various Amazon teams. If you are successful in passing through the initial application review and assessment, you will be asked to submit your career and personal preferences so that our dedicated recruiters can match you to the right role based on these preferences.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us

Amazon.com

Seattle, WA

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.

The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.

In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.

Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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