Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
A day in the life
Your morning begins with a collaborative code review—leveraging AI-assisted tools to provide feedback that elevates the team’s code quality and readiness for deployment. After a focused standup where you align on AI-driven metrics and automation priorities, you dive into building a feature you scoped last week: writing clean, scalable code to integrate a machine learning model that predicts deployment risks. You pair with a teammate to tackle a tricky integration point, using real-time debugging tools to ensure seamless automation.
Post-lunch, you join a design review where you help streamline an architecture proposal—applying AI-first principles to simplify complexity and boost efficiency. Then, you investigate an operational metric that’s flagged by your anomaly detection system, tracing it to a root cause using ML-powered correlation engines. Within hours, you’ve drafted a fix that not only resolves the issue but also enhances your predictive safety models.
Your day balances deep, heads-down coding on cloud-native features with cross-functional problem-solving—all while driving operational excellence and mentoring peers. Every task you tackle reinforces our mission: building smarter, safer systems that millions of Amazon customers rely on daily.
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
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
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
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
