Do you want to build hyper-scale solutions using cutting-edge technologies? Are you passionate about designing and developing large-scale distributed systems that have a direct impact on customer experience?

Amazon Digital Acceleration is seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer to join our team. We are looking for experienced engineers with expertise in Data Engineering and large-scale systems, who are excited to build solutions that power the exponential growth of Amazon's digital businesses.

As a Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining a unique storage platform comprised of DynamoDB, Amazon DocumentDB, and S3. You will be responsible for building robust APIs to expose reads and writes to the storage, optimizing query execution for improved performance and cost efficiency, and contributing to the development of a centralized eventing system and its associated APIs and reporting mechanisms. Additionally, you will play a key role in ensuring data security, privacy, and compliance within our systems.

This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology, product, and the business. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and domain expertise, as well as the ability to work within a fast-moving, startup-like environment in a large company to deliver solid code that has a broad business impact.

Key job responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain APIs for accessing and manipulating data stored in DynamoDB, Amazon DocumentDB, and S3.

- Optimize query execution to improve performance and reduce storage costs.

- Contribute to the development of a centralized eventing system, including designing APIs, implementing event processing logic, and generating reports.

- Ensure compliance with data security and privacy regulations.

- Mentor other developers in the team, providing guidance on best practices, troubleshooting, and operational tasks.

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.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bellevue, WA, USA

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. 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.

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