Software Development Engineer, Affs,

DESCRIPTIONAmazon Financials Foundation Services AFFS a division within Amazon s eCommerce Services Organization eCS is leading innovation in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale Our systems are advancing one of the world s most scalable reliable and secure e-commerce ecosystem and responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions in multiple currencies and countries We are at the center of Amazon s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems We are looking for software engineers who thrive on complex problems and relish the challenge of operating complex and mission critical systems under extreme loads Our systems manage hundreds of millions of records and respond to millions of service requests per minute Do you think you are up to the challenge Or would you like to learn more and stretch your skills and careerAs SDE II here you will build scale monitor and optimize systems within AFFS You will interface with several teams including Retail Systems Marketplace Systems Digital Systems Web services Financial systems and operations Our mission is to provide a world-class customer experience using scalable and robust software so the challenges and opportunities span both the business and technical realms The successful candidate is expected to contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle including design development documentation testing and operations They must possess verbal and written communication skills be self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment They need to enjoy working closely with their peers in a group of very smart and talented engineers Key job responsibilities As a software development engineer on this team you will play a pivotal role in the following - Work with the team to help drive business decisions - Design implement test deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to drive services optimisations cost and security - Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables - Write high quality distributed system software - Work in an agile startup-like development environment where you are always working on the most important stuff 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 - Bachelor s degree or equivalentPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experienceOur 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 for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner