Software Development Engineer Finance Automation

The Collections tech team is part of the Receivables Tech Finance Automation org. We build and manage applications that help in reducing the risk to Amazons free cash flows by millions. Our product Collect is the nextgeneration collections tool for Global Account Receivables (GAR).

Youll write exemplary code that makes it easy for the next person to do whats right and impacts engineers well beyond your own team. Youll use your expertise to drive your team to deliver to your high standards. Youll mentor peers and help them become better engineers. Your responsibilities will include all aspects of software development with the freedom and encouragement to explore your own ideas and the reward of seeing your contributions benefit Amazon worldwide.

We collaborate across disciplines. You will have the opportunity to work closely with product managers UX designers and researchers and data engineers to innovate measure analyze and refine the experiences we deliver to our users across the planet on a daily basis. Our roles are all well defined but we encourage individuals to cross boundaries and learn from each other.
If this sounds like you and you are looking for a high morale team that drives results that influence the experience of thousands of finance users and millions of vendors and customers this is the right place for you.


Key job responsibilities
Collaborate with crossdisciplinary Amazonians to conceive design and develop financial systems that power Amazons financial engine.
Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
Build distributed storage index and query systems that are scalable faulttolerant low cost and easy to manage/use.
Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
Work in an agile environment to deliver highquality software.

A day in the life
You will:
Design and develop scalable financial systems using distributed computing technologies while collaborating with crossfunctional teams

Write and review highquality code for missioncritical applications that process millions of transactions and impact customers globally

Participate in daily agile ceremonies including standups sprint planning and retrospectives while managing rapid development cycles

Debug optimize and maintain complex distributed systems to ensure fault tolerance performance and reliability at massive scale

Create and contribute to technical documentation architecture designs and implementation strategies while mentoring junior team members and participating in code reviews

Partner closely with customers product leaders and stakeholders to understand business requirements influence product roadmap decisions and deliver innovative solutions that drive business value

About the team
About Finance Automation
We are responsible for building the systems that automate and orchestrate the services analytics and financial transactions that supports Amazon customers and vendors worldwide.

Diverse Experiences
Finance Automation values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in automation.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at Finance Automation its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employeeled affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing mentorship and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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