Amazon

Software Development Engineer

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2 days ago
Arlington, VA, USA +4 moreMid Level
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Base Salary

$144k - $224k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable software.
  • Implement complex software solutions that meet business requirements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and product managers to define, design, and ship features.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and production issues.
  • Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews and provide technical guidance.
  • Document technical work and contribute to specifications and process improvements.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
  • Engage with customers or internal stakeholders to understand their needs.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of non-internship 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 applications, tools, systems, or 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 in at least one software programming language.
  • Preferred: at least 3 years of full software development life-cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
  • Preferred: bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; life and AD&D insurance; an employee assistance program; mental health support; a medical advice line; flexible spending accounts; and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units may be included in the compensation package.
  • The role is available in Cupertino, Santa Clara, Raleigh, Arlington, and Seattle, with location-specific base salary ranges.

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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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