Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Core Platform

Overview

As a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon you will design build and operate large-scale high-availability systems that serve millions of customers. You own components and features end-to-end from design through implementation testing deployment and operations and you raise the technical bar for your team through high-quality code thoughtful design and strong engineering practices. SDE IIs operate with significant autonomy on well-scoped problems and are trusted to deliver complex features with limited oversight.



Key job responsibilities

- Design develop test deploy and maintain scalable secure and reliable software systems and services.
- Own the delivery of medium-to-large features or components breaking ambiguous problems into well-defined tasks and driving them to completion.
- Write high-quality maintainable well-tested code and clear technical documentation and design docs.
- Participate in and contribute to design and code reviews improving quality and consistency across the team.
- Operate what you build: monitor service health respond to operational events participate in on-call and drive down operational load through automation and root-cause fixes.
- Collaborate with product managers other engineers and partner teams to clarify requirements define technical approaches and manage cross-team dependencies.
- Improve engineering practices CI/CD testing observability performance and security and reduce technical debt.
- Mentor junior engineers (SDE I / interns) and contribute to a strong inclusive team culture.

A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing a design document from a teammate providing feedback that strengthens their approach. Mid-morning you pair with engineers to resolve a tricky integration challenge between your service and a partner teams API. After lunch you lead a technical discussion to evaluate trade-offs for an upcoming feature then spend focused time writing code for a critical component where your expertise has the most impact. You wrap up by checking operational dashboards and ensuring your teams alarms and runbooks are up to date.

About the team
Our team builds software that directly impacts how customers experience Amazon. We operate in an environment where engineering excellence collaboration and pragmatic problem-solving define how we work together. We are focused on building reliable scalable systems while investing in the growth of every engineer on the team. If you want to shape technical strategy tackle meaningful challenges and work alongside talented colleagues who value quality and inclusiveness this is the place for you.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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