Software Development Engineer Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Do you want to build the premium shopping experiences for millions of Amazon customers worldwide? Do you want to work on performance challenges for providing the best recommendations in less than 200 milliseconds, given millions of customers and millions of products? Do you believe every customer should not have the same experience? Amazon Devices Systems and Applications team has a role for you.

Amazon Devices Systems and Applications is looking for an experienced, results-oriented engineer capable of translating high-level, ambiguous business goals into working software solutions. Successful candidates are creative, innovative, and take great pride in both the deep technical contribution and the positive business results of their work. We provide highly scalable, premium shopping experiences for Amazon devices, accessories, and services for all channels, including voice, which will change the way people shop on Amazon.

You will work closely with product managers and UX designers to identify and solve real-world customer problems and business opportunities. You will have the opportunity to interact with senior engineers throughout the company to determine the best practices for architecting, building, testing, and deploying software solutions/components. You will have complete ownership to define new shopping experiences and drive innovation with the latest technologies, including machine learning. We encourage experimentation and pushing innovative technology solutions. You will also have opportunities to build platforms and influence other groups as you define new customer experiences. We are a full stack team, so you will have experience in all aspects of our multi-tiered environment.

Software development engineer positions require a depth and breadth of knowledge in design and development, experience with agile methodologies, proficiency in a high-level language, experience building highly scalable, systems involving distributed services and persistent storage. You will own the design of major deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch. This is a high visibility and fast-paced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company.