Software Development Engineer Intern/Co

About the Role

An internship at Amazon provides real responsibility from day one. Interns will build, test, and learn alongside experienced professionals, making an impact that reaches far beyond campus. Software Development Engineers (SDEs) at Amazon solve complex problems using modern technology, influencing millions of customers, sellers, and products globally. This role is for individuals passionate about creating new products, features, and services, comfortable managing ambiguity in an environment with rapid development cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight customers.
• 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.
• Design, develop, and test software components that interact with fulfillment center technologies, such as robotics, material handling equipment, computer vision, and cloud services.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Minimum of one quarter/semester/trimester remaining in studies after internship concludes.
• Full-time internship/co-op positions, expected to work in-office Monday-Friday, up to 40 hours per week.
• No conflicts such as classes or other employment during Amazon work hours.

Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older.
• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields.
• 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 (Preferred).
• Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems (Preferred).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience within Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Optimization, Manipulation, Perception, Motion Planning and Controls, Movement, Autonomous Navigation, Path Planning, or related fields (Preferred).