Software development engineer 1

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Come and be the pioneer of Amazon NA Supply Chain technology innovation
If you are looking for an opportunity to solve deep technical problems and build innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment while working with smart, passionate business & technical leaders, then this might be the role for you.
At Amazon, we are committed to being the most customer-centric company on earth. North America Supply Chain (NASC) Planning & Execution org is comprised of dynamic teams that shape network planning and execution through the development and application of innovative mechanisms and techniques. Our goal is to enhance the Amazon Fulfilment network to ultimately drive the best customer experience in a reliable and cost-efficient manner that is truly a world-class. NASC is aggressively innovating in a number of areas aimed at propelling our customers experience by ensuring that we have robust plans in North America Operations and beyond for optimal execution. NASC tech team is hiring a Software Development Engineer (SDE I) who will be at the centre of the development of state-of-the-art product suites and make a long-lasting footprint on our organization's path towards Hands Off the Wheel automated optimization.
Our newly developed software systems will include services that make business decisions in NACF Operations that impact billions of dollars per year, integrate with upstream and downstream systems across the supply chain network, manage business rules to enable strategic planning for network-level operational capacity, and improve experience for millions of online shoppers. We have an opportunity to build software that scales the business, leads the industry through innovation and delights millions of customers worldwide. We will leverage cutting edge technologies in big data, optimization techniques, machine learning, real time analytics and high volume, low latency, high availability services.

This is a contractual position which is ideal for candidates who are looking to deal with scaling challenges at Amazon and ready to build mission critical system software applications and tools. It is also an opportunity for freelance candidates to become domain experts and have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture and development of consumer products. Depending on individual performance this experience can lead to permanent positions as Software Development Engineers at Amazon.

Key job responsibilities
Designing and implementation of Software

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- MCA (Masters in Computer Applications) or BS computer science.
- 1 to 2 year's experience developing highly interactive, internet applications
- Good understanding of web design principles and best use of current web technologies and scalable dynamic user interfaces
- Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JSON/XML and web services is essential
- Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Passion for writing great, simple, clean, efficient, quality code and solving complex and interesting problems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
- Experience with Git, Linux, aWS and Java would be considered a plus

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