What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer, Digital Acceleration position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Interested in solving hard technical problems that have a direct impact to our business and customers?
Digital Acceleration's North Star is to invent on behalf of Amazon’s digital content, subscription, device customers and business clients to enable faster delivery of new features to customers. Our customers include Amazon consumers who buy digital content and subscriptions as well as content creators such as publishers, artists, app creators, and developers who publish and sell digital content through Amazon. Our clients include Amazon Digital businesses which use our capabilities globally to acquire and engage customers. DA serves around 30 Digital, Devices, and Subscription businesses, including Kindle, Prime Video, Music and Audible. DA provides reliable, scalable, and secure digitally differentiated (i.e., common to many Digital clients) capabilities that Digital clients use to acquire and engage customers, sell content and subscriptions, launch new businesses, automate financial record keeping, and calculate/pay royalties to their content creators and providers.
Digital Acceleration (DA) provides products and services for business clients in the commerce space. We serve the needs of client businesses across Amazon through the entire commerce lifecycle, from content ingestion through accounting solutions. We believe in continuous planning and evolution to help us create and streamline processes and tools to make commerce a seamless and enjoyable experience.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Engineer, you will lead projects involving multiple teams in all aspects of the SDLC using an agile process. As the systems need to be built from the ground up, you will have an opportunity to make a long-lasting impact! To be successful in this position you will have a strong background in Algorithms, Data Structures, Java, and NoSQL. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely (both written and orally) and work well in a team are key competencies. You should be able to quickly adapt to new development environments, learn new systems, create reliable and maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems. Experience working with high-traffic, scalable services is a plus.
About the team
Amazon Digital Acceleration powers ordering, subscriptions, and device management for Prime, Amazon Video, Music, Audible, Alexa, and Kindle, amongst other digital businesses. We process billions of digital purchases every year and enable our digital businesses to grow their businesses worldwide. We are on a mission to be earth's best provider of one-time and recurring digital commerce, delivering a seamless and enjoyable post-purchase customer experience.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2 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
- 2 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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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.
Salary : $129,300 - $223,600
