Do you want to own cuttingedge technology solve tech problems that didnt exist before and have the ability to see the impact of your successes
The Amazon Gift Cards organization is looking for creative and independent engineers with a passion for scalable highperformance full stack systems to define and build Amazons stored value systems. We offer the Internets premier gift card and we are continuing to grow and expand our business with innovative stored value products.
Key job responsibilities
As a member of the Amazon Gift Cards team you will invent new features and develop next generation user experiences and largescale services. We are a fastpaced environment using agile methodology and lightweight SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle. Whether you are a web developer front end engineer or proficient backend developer we have exciting work for you.
If you are a strong developer with experience and interest in highvolume websites distributed systems performance and scalability wed like to talk to you.
A day in the life
You will be working in a fastpaced environment on a team of smart software engineers and Principal Engineers to design and build the right technical solutions to meet the needs of the business. You will have direct ownership over the design of new components aimed at improving the platforms extensibility scalability availability and latency.
About the team
Gift Cards is a multibilliondollar business at the convergence of ecommerce web marketing and payments. The Gift Cards teams mission is to create delightful gifts that are thoughtful for the recipient and convenient for the giver. We are responsible for creating enhancing merchandising and marketing multiple products sold globally through the Amazon website corporate sales and Brick & Mortar thirdparty retail stores. Our product line includes electronic gift cards physical gift cards branded gift cards (e.g. Starbucks and Whole Foods) and programmatic interfaces that allow ondemand gift card issuance for corporate partners. We build largescale systems that can handle the growing business issuance and customer needs. If you have ever purchased or received an Amazon gift card you have used the features and platform that we have built. As an SDE on the team you can expect to design flexible and scalable solutions and work on some of the most complex challenges in largescale computing by utilizing your skills in data structures algorithms and object oriented programming.
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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The base salary for this position ranges from $114800/year up to $191800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.