Amazon

Software Development Engineer II, AWS DynamoDB

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Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
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Base Salary

$144k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, manage, optimize, and reimagine highly distributed, large-scale DynamoDB services.
  • Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and designs.
  • Participate hands-on in development activities, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation.
  • Own requirements gathering, feature launches, operations, and continuous improvement.
  • Deliver features against project plans, timelines, budgets, and delivery commitments.
  • Contribute to Amazon intellectual property through patents and external publications.
  • Mentor and collaborate with engineering teammates.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • At least 1 year of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
  • At least 1 year of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
  • At least 1 year of object-oriented design experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
  • Preferred: 3+ years covering the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
  • Preferred: bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance and mental health support, a medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • The compensation package may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units.
  • Mentorship, knowledge-sharing, learning experiences, and career-advancing resources.
  • Flexible work-life support and an inclusive culture with employee-led affinity groups and events.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSC#C++JavaPerl

Categories

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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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