Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to be part of a new engineering team that is building from the ground up at Amazon? Can you commit to building a new service with a high level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive information? Do you have a passion for bringing the best experience to our customers?

In this team you will have the opportunity to:
· Solve challenging problems at significant scale
· Work on an innovative service that’s still in its beginning stages
· Be an actively contributing member of an agile development team, and have a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of a mission critical project
· Work in a start-up environment with the backing of a strong corporate support culture within Amazon

We are looking for software developers with expertise and passion for building large scale distributed systems and services. In this role, you will have responsibility for:
· Building functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design
· Coding and testing complex system components
· Participating in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
· Overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance
· Mentoring other engineers, defining our challenging technical culture, and helping to build a new fast-growing team

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline
· 3+ years of industry experience writing large scale systems
· Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
· Experience working within either agile or traditional waterfall software development lifecycles
· Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, C#, or Java