Software Development Engineer, Amazon Stores

Are you interested in designing and delivering solutions for complex and high impact business problems?

Retail Business Services (RBS) supports Amazon’s Retail business growth worldwide through three core tasks: (a) Selection, where RBS sources, creates, and enriches ASINs to drive GMS growth; (b) Defect Elimination, where RBS resolves inbound supply chain defects and develops root‑cause fixes to improve free cash flow; and (c) operational process support for WW Retail teams where there is an air gap in the tech stack. The RBS tech team develops automation that leverages machine and deep learning to scale the execution of these high‑complexity tasks that currently require human cognitive skills.

Our solutions ensure that information in Amazon's catalog is complete, correct, and comprehensive enough to give Amazon customers a great shopping experience every time. We are building solutions to move toward retail automation and are using the latest technology, such as large language models, to solve business problems.

At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands—customer obsession is part of our company DNA.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer who can design and develop systems for its businesses. As an SDE, you would have immense opportunity to explore avenues for modeling things, figure out the right abstraction level, and take judgment calls around multiple design trade‑offs that influence a multi‑billion‑dollar business.

We look for highly talented software development engineers who are passionate about architecture and development of large‑scale distributed technology solutions, innovating new ideas, and providing direction to our business. You will use technology to solve complex problems and see the impact of your work first‑hand. You will constantly stretch the boundaries of innovation to tackle business challenges.

RBS Tech team puts a high value on work‑life harmony. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Senior members enjoy one‑on‑one mentoring, detailed and constructive code reviews, casual coffee chats with Principal & Senior Engineers from RBS tech, and opportunities to network and discuss technical challenges, ideas, and proposals. We also provide training through online learning platforms such as O’Reilly and encourage AWS/ML certifications.

We are looking for a sharp, experienced Software developer with a diverse skill set and background. As an SDE‑2, your work is consistently of high quality. You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices. You work with your team to invent, design, and build stable and performant software. You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them—or when it is not. You limit the use of short‑term workarounds, create flexible software without over‑engineering, make appropriate trade‑offs, reuse where possible, and judiciously introduce dependencies. system hardware, database, memory, CPU). You work on project ideas with customers, stakeholders, and peers; you help evolve your team by actively participating in code reviews, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric reviews. You take on projects that improve team software and processes. You can train new teammates on how your team’s software is constructed, operates, is secure, and fits into the bigger picture.

3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience

• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scalability) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, 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.

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