Software Dev Engineer Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Software Development Engineers at Amazon are more than just order takers; they see a problem and leverage innovative technology to address it. We're looking for people who innovate, love solving hard problems, and never take "no" for an answer.

Ever wondered what's involved in owing a key feature on Amazon's websites across the globe that is actively used by hundreds of millions of customers? Does the opportunity of building and supporting the scale of business at Amazon fascinate you? If you answered yes, the Amazon Lists team is looking for engineers like you!

Customers think about shopping anywhere and anytime - while making breakfast, while driving home, at work, in the bus. They create lists for their personal use, to share with friends and family and to inspire other customers discover the millions of products Amazon has to offer. We strive to find new and contextually-relevant places to offer List functionality to continuously improve the shopping experience for our customers.

This backend software development position with Amazon Lists is a fit for someone who enjoys and thrives owning low latency, highly available services requiring strong problem-solving skills, has a solid computer science foundation, database experience, and takes pride in operations excellence.

Successful candidates must also be innovative, flexible, self-directed, and able to design and write high-performance, reliable, maintainable code. This role requires the ability to creatively deal with ambiguity, be data-driven and juggle cross-organization complexity. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment to deliver world class mission critical systems, this may be the career opportunity for you!

We are looking for an experienced, innovative, results-oriented Software Development Engineer for The Amazon Lists Team. The Lists team facilitates customers to manage and organize a variety of lists on Amazon. We're looking for a Software Development Engineer to work on the programs we are building and innovating in, a collaborative team member with the ability to work in a diverse team. The SDE 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. We are looking for SMART engineer who want 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.

You will be a key member of the List team, dedicated to our ongoing effort to launch best of breed features worldwide. We prefer candidates who can thrive in a fast paced, high energy and fun work environment where we deliver value incrementally and frequently. If this sounds like you, we definitely want to hear from you today.

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