Software Development Engineer, Amazon
The ideal candidate will have excellent technical design, problem solving, Computer Science fundamentals, and communication skills. The candidate should be comfortable interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels. The ability to work backwards and think from a customer perspective is crucial as the ideal candidate is expected to contribute to the product vision in addition to the technical design and implementation.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and develop full-stack solutions for Post Add to Cart and Cart services, considering scalability, performance, and reliability across multi-tiered distributed systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, and operations to understand customer needs and translate them into technical implementations
- Investigate and optimize system performance, latency, and resource utilization through data-driven analysis and experimentation
- Contribute to code quality and system testability by establishing best practices, conducting thorough code reviews, and identifying areas for improvement
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and participate actively in design and architecture discussions
A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer on our team, you'll work on full-stack solutions that handle massive transaction volumes while maintaining lightning-fast response times. Your day might include collaborating with product and design partners to understand customer pain points in the post add to cart experiences, writing and reviewing code for distributed systems that process millions of requests, investigating performance bottlenecks to optimize latency, and participating in design discussions with engineers across our organization. You'll balance building new features with strengthening the foundational systems that keep our services reliable and resilient. Beyond coding, you'll contribute to our culture of operational excellence by identifying opportunities to improve system quality, testability, and long-term health.
About the team
We're a collaborative group of engineers passionate about delivering seamless post add to cart and cart experiences for Amazon customers worldwide. Our team focuses on building the infrastructure and services that make purchasing simple and dependable, even during peak shopping periods. We work closely with engineers at all levels across the organization, learning from one another and sharing knowledge to solve complex distributed systems challenges. Together, we're committed to continuously improving how customers interact with our platform, and we're excited to have someone join us who thinks deeply about both technical excellence and customer impact.