Job Information
Amazon Software Development Engineer, Region Flexibility Engineering (Level 5), Axon in Sunnyvale, California
Description
Regional Flexibility Engineering is looking for a software engineer passionate about service-oriented architectures that wants to support Amazon’s businesses innovate quickly at scale. Come join us if you enjoy designing and building highly distributed systems that scale! You will solve algorithmically complex problems, work on front end / back end services that scale, and delight thousands of Amazon engineers with the exceptional customer experiences that you build. You will solve intriguing problems designing and building for Amazon’s scale. With our projects spanning across all of Amazon Stores, Digital and Others (SDO) businesses, you will work with AWS technologies and advise SDO teams how to setup required infrastructure. As an innovator who embraces new technology, you will directly influence product design and you will be empowered to choose the highly scalable and available technology to solve complex problems. You will be supported by a large and experienced Principal Engineering community in your work with cross-cutting teams and technologies.
Come help us create and evolve the abstractions that make developing software at Amazon powerful and flexible!
Key job responsibilities
Establish and execute on technical directions and designs for our new team.
Leverage data to research difficult or ambiguous problems.
*Design, present, and build the software solutions to those problems.
Interface across engineers who will directly benefit from the output of your work. Influence broadly across engineering and our product development space.
Choose which technologies are best for your solutions, and implement those solutions.
A day in the life
Define the software design, patterns, and technology choices to deliver against our fast-iterative ideology.
Build the software mechanisms to deliver against our charter.
Participate in shaping the team's direction
Engage directly with partners and customers across Amazon's engineering community to maximize the value we're delivering
Experiment with different technologies, including the latest AWS products
About the team
The Region Flexibility Engineering team builds and leverages foundational infrastructure capabilities, tools, and datasets needed to back the rapid global expansion of Amazon's service-oriented architecture. Our team focuses on robust and scalable architecture patterns and engineering best practices, driving adoption of ever-evolving and cutting-edge AWS technologies. We apply fast-iterative software solutions to prove and validate the Amazon engineering experience in this global expansion.
Basic Qualifications
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
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.