Software Development Engineer

About the Role

Software Development Engineers (SDEs) at Amazon use modern technology to solve complex problems, seeing their work's impact first-hand. The challenges SDEs solve are meaningful and influence millions of customers, sellers, and products globally. This role involves creating new products, features, and services while managing ambiguity in an environment where development cycles are measured in weeks. As an SDE-I, you will own the entire lifecycle of your code, from design through deployment and ongoing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services.
• Participate in technical discussions to drive solutions forward.
• Design and develop scalable solutions using cloud-native architectures and microservices in a large distributed computing environment.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation.
• Build and maintain resilient distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective.
• Leverage and contribute to the development of GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity.
• Stay current with emerging technologies.
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns.
• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles.
• Participate in operational responsibilities, including on-call duties.
• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles.
• Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience.
• Experience with one or more of the following:
• AI tools for development productivity
• Cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
• Database systems (SQL and NoSQL)
• Contributing to open-source projects
• Version control systems
• Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.