
Software Development Engineer III, Contribution and Item Pipelines
Required skills
- distributed systems
- transactional
- scalable
- high throughput
- fault tolerant
- always available
- item information
- catalog information
- billions of products
- real time
Nice to have
- coding standards
- code reviews
- source control management
- ambiguous business goals
- software platforms
Role summary
Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to join the Contribution and Item Pipelines team. This role involves developing distributed systems that process item and catalog information for millions of merchants on the Amazon E-Commerce platform. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems, translating business goals into software solutions, and working with complex computer science problems. Requires 5+ years of professional software development, programming, and system design experience, including leadership in architecture and design patterns. Experience in mentorship and full software development lifecycle is preferred.
The Contribution and Item Pipelines team is responsible for a variety of services that form a core part of the Amazon E-Commerce platform. We are primarily responsible for developing the services that process all of the Item information from millions of merchants who want to sell through the Amazon family of websites. Our software also is responsible for processing the catalog information for various other Enterprise merchants whose websites run on the Amazon software platform. Our expertise lies in managing billions of products in the catalog and developing large scale distributed systems that process hundreds of millions of changes to the catalog every day in real time. The team offers a unique blend of hard computer science problems and an opportunity to help the businesses model their new ideas..
Successful candidates are passionate about translating high-level, ambiguous business goals to software platforms that enable multiple businesses. You are comfortable taking initiative and working along side top-notch software developers. Basic Qualifications: - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team Preferred Qualifications: - 5+ 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually
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