Software Development Engineer Intern, Student Veteran Opportunity

$99,507 - $199,992/Yr

Amazon - Austin, TX

Full-time - Intern

Austin, TX

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About the position

This internship opportunity at Amazon is designed for U.S. citizens who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, including Reserves, National Guard, and service member spouses. Interns will work full-time for 12 consecutive weeks, contributing to real software projects and collaborating with experienced software development engineers. The role emphasizes customer obsession and innovation, allowing interns to influence Amazon technology and tackle complex technical challenges in various domains.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment, and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields with a conferral date of December 2025-June 2027.
• Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
• Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl.
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly wage based on geographic market location.
• Potential for equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package.
• Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.