2 months ago
Base Salary
$168k - $227k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build innovative and scalable systems that improve Amazon developer productivity.
- Develop foundational software that interprets, compiles, and optimizes code for parallel and asynchronous execution and efficient data access.
- Work backward from developer needs to shape the future of software development at Amazon.
- Influence system design, technical strategy, and underlying technology choices.
- Mentor engineers or lead engineering teams and contribute to architecture and reliability decisions.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 5 years of programming experience with one or more software programming languages.
- At least 5 years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
- Preferred: at least 5 years of full software development lifecycle 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.
- Basic Life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life plan options.
- Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, and medical advice line.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
- 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off and parental leave.
- The role is based in Seattle, Washington.
About Amazon
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.