We are thrilled to have a Software Development Engineering opening for you in the Inventory Transfer Service(ITS) Team! As part of the ITS team youll work on the most advanced systems in Inventory Placement. We are the entry point for all inventory across all geographies in Amazon. We decide the location and sortation of the inventory. We do all that with lead time and supply chain variability as core aspects of our optimization modelling. As a member of our team youll be able to contribute directly to our customers experience with the Amazon supply chain as well as reduce fulfillment cost and maximize free cash flow across all worldwide marketplaces! But wait theres more! Inventory Placement has dedicated Analytics Operational Research resources and youll get the unique opportunity of working with as part of our team.
This role might be for you if
You thrive on solving textbookless problems
You use objectoriented design concepts to program large multitier systems. You have working knowledge of common and useful design patterns.
You have designed launched refactored rearchitected deprecated and/or implemented largescale cloudbased distributed services with millisecond latency and ultrahigh transactional volumes.
You design at the product level with heavy involvement through all phases of the SDLC using concepts that may include Service Oriented Architecture caching load balancing nonrelational databases microservices sharding ntiered architecture cloud and/or mapreduce.
You have experience implementing best practices in improving team coding culture related to quality and/or security.
Effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to nontechnical audiences.
Key job responsibilities
In this job you will
Experiment with whatever technology we need to get the job done.
Use Lean Software Development concepts such as Agile Scrum and Kanban.
Use TestDriven Development and Continuous Deployment.
Work with Senior and Principal Engineers Researchers and Data Engineers across multiple teams to design a new platform for optimizing supply chain management
Expand and optimize our worldclass supply chain systems to support a variety of emerging business initiatives.
Automate third party supply management systems and break new ground to drive inventory across Amazon marketplaces.
Are you excited by being able to have Amazon deliver items to your front door within hours Are you fascinated by Amazons ability to combine your online shopping into fewer boxes and shipments All of these amazing customer experiences are possible because of Inventory Placement we get the right inventory to the right place at the right time!
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
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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.