Software Development Engineer

DESCRIPTIONAmazon Digital Acceleration powers ordering subscriptions and device management for Prime Amazon Video Music Audible Alexa and Kindle amongst other digital businesses We process billions of digital purchases every year and enable our digital businesses to grow their businesses worldwide We are on a mission to be earth s best provider of one-time and recurring digital commerce delivering a seamless and enjoyable post-purchase customer experience Are you excited about building distributed systems with really challenging mix of requirements on availability latency and consistency Are you someone who enjoys the challenge of figuring out scalable and reusable technical solutions in the context of business problems with ever-growing complexity If the answers are yes our team might be the place for you We are seeking a talented Software Development Engineer to join our team and take on a pivotal role focused on crafting and sustaining digital commerce automation solutions developing systems or frameworks for reliability engineering and enhancing operational processes As a Software Development Engineer SDE you will be instrumental in driving transformative change within our organization s digital commerce landscape You ll have the opportunity to leverage your expertise in software development and automation to revolutionize our operational processes enhance system reliability and pave the way for continuous improvement Your role will be central to conceptualizing designing and implementing innovative automation solutions that streamline manual tasks eliminate inefficiencies and empower our teams to focus on strategic initiatives You ll go beyond software development to include reliability engineering where you ll design robust frameworks to fortify system resilience By preemptively tackling potential failures you ll keep our critical infrastructure stable performant and scalable even amid evolving business needs As a crucial part of our engineering team you ll drive innovation collaboration and continuous improvement Mentor junior team members share best practices and lead the adoption of emerging technologies Your dedication to automation reliability and operational excellence will shape our organization s future and fuel sustainable growth This role blends technical challenge creative problem-solving and strategic impact If you re a visionary thinker passionate about leveraging automation for business transformation join us on this journey towards operational excellence Key job responsibilities As a Software Engineer you will lead projects involving multiple teams in all aspects of the SDLC using an agile process As the systems need to be built from the ground up you will have an opportunity to make a long-lasting impact To be successful in this position you will have a strong background in Algorithms Data Structures Java and NoSQL The ability to communicate clearly and concisely both written and orally and work well in a team are key competencies You should be able to quickly adapt to new development environments learn new systems create reliable and maintainable code and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems Experience working with high-traffic scalable services is a plus BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2 years of non-internship design or architecture design patterns reliability and scaling of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language - Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellencePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience - Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C including object-oriented design