Software Development Engineer AFT Inventory Systems

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers the physical engine at the heart of Amazon. AFT builds and operates software hardware and the processes that run the global network of fulfillment centers that move billions of units of inventory employ tens of thousands of people and ensure that customers get what they want when promised. We do this by building automated solutions to handle things that technology does well while relying on people to handle things that humans do well.

Our inventory systems are the source of information for billions of inventory units that Amazon holds in its logistical networks worldwide. As new inventory arrives to our networks inventory systems enable Amazons supply chain to route products to optimal locations based on space availability customer demand and buying patterns. Inventory systems track the state of all items and their location and share the availability to upstream systems to make the items sellable on the Amazon website. When customer orders come in inventory systems reserve specific items and track them through various stages of order fulfillment until shipments are delivered to customers. Throughout this endtoend inventory movement inventory systems detect discrepancies between virtual and physical states of inventory and enable corrections of virtual inventory state via both preventative and mitigating mechanisms. Finally inventory systems record the costs associated with inventory transactions so that Amazon can account for owned assets on behalf of retail owners and third party sellers in real time.

Key job responsibilities
As an engineer in Inventory you will be challenged with building and driving innovative and scalable systems that manage Amazon inventory globally. You will build worldclass inventory systems from the ground up to support Amazons expanding global business. You will be empowered to think big invent on behalf of our customers make judgment calls and find elegant solutions to hard problems. The world is changing fast and this is a dynamic role where you will be able to learn as much as you contribute.

Position Responsibilities:
Participate in the design implementation and deployment of successful internetscale systems and services in support of our fulfillment operations and the businesses they support.
Participate in the definition of secure scalable and lowlatency services and efficient physical processes.
Work in expert crossfunctional teams delivering on demanding projects.
Functionally decompose complex problems into simple straightforward solutions.
Understand system interdependencies and limitations.
Share knowledge in performance scalability enterprise system architecture and engineering best practices.

A day in the life
As an SDE in Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Inventory team daytoday youll work on diverse and challenging tasks like designing new services raising the bar on scale reliability and efficiency of our Tier1 services collaborating with your team members and crossfunctional teams and training machine learning models to create smarter capabilities in Amazon Fulfillment Centers. All the work you will do will ensure that Amazon customers receive their packages on time while all fulfillment processes are safe and compliant for Amazon associates and customers. Working in the AFT Inventory team is a great opportunity to grow your skills and make a positive impact in the worlds largest and most innovative ecommerce company.

About the team
Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazons global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software hardware and data science solutions that orchestrate processes robots machines and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual world so Amazon customers can get what they want when they want it.

Inventory
AFTs Inventory team delivers complex innovative scalable solutions to manage the endtoend lifecycle of all physical goods across the Amazon fulfillment network ensuring both inventory record accuracy and safe inventory handling for billions of items.

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.