Sr. Software Development Engineer , AWS Commerce Platform

$151,300 - $261,500/Yr

Amazon - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

As a Software Development Engineer in the AWS Utility Computing (UC) organization, you will play a crucial role in developing and managing various services including Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, and Productivity Apps. You will be responsible for defining system architecture, implementing components, and ensuring a high-quality customer experience through collaboration with UX Designers, Product Managers, and Software Development Engineers. This position emphasizes full-stack software development, focusing on automating product and price generation while mentoring other developers and contributing to the overall success of AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Help define the system architecture and implement specific components.
• Own and operate the systems built based on real-time customer data.
• Collaborate closely with UX Designers, Product Managers, and Software Development Engineers.
• Contribute to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement.
• Take responsibility for technical problem-solving and developing best practices.
• Write high-quality, efficient, testable code in Java, Python, Javascript, and TypeScript.
• Design tools to facilitate internal business processes.
• Build highly available, secure systems that handle confidential billing data.
• Mentor and support the growth of other developers.
• Engineer systems for 'Amazon Scale'.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards and code reviews.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits.
• Equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package.