Software Development Engineer Distributed Services

At the heart of Amazons e-commerce business is the Item & Offer Platform engineering team. The platform is used by millions of merchants to expose customers to new products or new offerings on existing products. Using massively parallel processing and proprietary techniques millions of updates to details prices inventory levels and relationships are processed in real time to keep Amazons catalog fresh. Imagine that on any given day your solutions bring billions of experiences to customers around the globe; that is the reality on the Item & Offer Platform team.
The Item and Offer Platform team is an agile fast-moving team driving the future of this central piece of Amazons shopping experience. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to shape that future.
In this role you will participate in all parts of the software development process from collaborating with customers on design to executing that design in a scalable and extensible way. You will have the opportunity to solve hard computer science problems and help the business every day.
Successful candidates are passionate about translating high-level ambiguous business goals to software platforms that enable multiple businesses. You are passionate about taking initiative delivering extensible on-time solutions and being a part of high-performing teams.

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 1 years of professional software development experience or Bachelors degree or above in engineering or equivalent
- Experience in computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design data structures algorithm design problem solving and complexity analysis)
- Knowledge of computer science fundamentals in data structures algorithm design and problem solving
- Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C C Java or Perl

- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
- Experience with distributed computing programs and systems
- Experience communicating with users other technical teams and management to collect requirements describe software product features and technical designs
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
- Experience leading and influencing your team or organization or experience debugging profiling and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
- 5 years of server-side development experience
- Experience with large distributed IT systems

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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 WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually