Software Dev Engineer II

Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
Location: Cupertino
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

The Amazon Checkout Application team is seeking a full stack software development engineer with a passion for high quality user experience(s) and engineering excellence.

We offer you the opportunity to deliver and lead high visibility / impact innovation across the Amazon checkout pipeline. You will deliver customer facing innovation in the form of new feature launches, improvements / simplifications to existing systems, and large cross cutting re-designs. You must understand the importance of quality and testability in regards to the long term health and operational excellence of the Amazon eco system and you will be expected to drive improvements to current and future systems in these areas. You will contribute to non-functional aspects of the checkout pipeline in the form of latency, performance, and business investigations. You will learn and grow by working closely with senior engineers and business leadership across our organization.

The ideal candidate will have excellent technical design, problem solving, Computer Science fundamentals, and communication skills. The candidate should be comfortable interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels. The ability to work backwards and think from a customer perspective is crucial as the ideal candidate is expected to contribute to the product vision in addition to the technical design and implementation.

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with Resource Oriented Architectures (REST).
• Ideal candidate will demonstrate that they can proactively and continually improve their level of knowledge about Amazon's business and relevant technologies, and use this knowledge to deliver high quality, accurate software deliverables.
• Strong deductive and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with large systems and re-designing and improving them.
• Understanding of test driven development and the ability to identify useful vs useless tests.

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.

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