What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer II, Personalization position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to transform the way people shop at Amazon? We are looking for stellar software engineers to be part of our multi-disciplinary team. We are re-imagining the future of the Amazon shopping experience for customers through tailoring it to their current intent. We understand what customers are interested in shopping for, and guide them to discover what they need as they shop. If you love building software that helps customers solve their problems, this is your opportunity to impact millions of customers. Come help us build the future of personalized shopping at Amazon!
This is a fast paced, highly collaborative startup-like environment inside Amazon. To be successful you need to be flexible, entrepreneurial, and comfortable operating with ambiguity. You are a true owner - you think backwards from the customer experience, are passionate about the potential customer impact and will operate at all levels. You will be able to create new innovative customer experiences from ideation to prototype to production, as well as shape the team roadmap with your innovations.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a great software engineer with an interest in modern user interfaces, data science, machine learning, search, or recommendation systems. You have great problem solving skills. You love staying up-to-date with the latest technology and use it to help you innovate. You have strong leadership qualities, great judgment, clear communication skills, and a track record of delivering great products. You will lead the charge on architecture and design decisions, as well as building out the experiences to deliver to millions of customers.
About the team
Our vision is to build the next generation of shopping experience at Amazon through personalization and understanding the customer's intent. We imagine our core experiences to work together as a talented personal shopping assistant would — a partner that is knowledgeable, understands your preferences, and helps you find the right solution for your needs. We aim for the quality of personalization to be a core reason customers choose Amazon, on par with Earth’s largest selection, low prices, and fast and free shipping.
Our team is part of Amazon’s Personalization organization, a high-performing group that leverages Amazon’s expertise in ML/AI/LLM, big data, distributed systems, and user experience design to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We run global experiments and our work has revolutionized e-commerce with features such as "Keep shopping for ...", “Customers who bought this item also bought”, and “Frequently bought together”. We personalize experiences across the amazon retail ecosystem, including but not limited to : Homepage, Detail Page, Search and Rufus. Amazon’s internal surveys regularly recognize us as one of the best engineering organizations to work for in the company, with visible high-impact work, low operational load, respectful work-life balance, and continual opportunity to learn and grow.
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.
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
