SDE II, Sort Tech, Sort Tech

Amazon Transportation is seeking a talented self-directed software engineer to design and code algorithms and find new ways to improve middle mile analytics to optimize the Customer experience within the Sort Tech team. Sort Techs technology and services powers every package to move throughout the Amazon network. We enable across Associates and Robotics and support the worldwide transportation network across Fulfillment Centers Sort Centers Air Gateways and more. We also build visibility platforms that enable operations managers to monitor and refine their volume and staffing and optimize their operational processes. Our systems process millions of packages a day and ensure that Amazon can meet the customer delivery promise.

Our mission is to build the most efficient and optimal transportation system on the planet using our engineering muscle as our biggest advantage. We aim to leverage advanced technologies in big data machine learning and optimization techniques and operate high volume low latency and high availability services.

We care about your career growth too. Once you join the team you and your manager will jointly craft a career plan and youll review it regularly to ensure youre on track to meet your goals. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies take on bigger problems or get to the next level well help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.

Come and see for yourself why we are one of the most admired company in the US rated #1 in Innovation and # 1 in Customer Service and be part of our tradition of working hard having fun and making history!

Key job responsibilities
As an engineer in Sortation Services you will provide technical experience to the team drive best practices mentor other engineers and drive continuous improvements in engineering and operational excellence.




A day in the life
Contributing to the coding architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. Work as mentor and tech for an project engineering team.

About the team
The Plan and Sort org owns package movement from SLAM to container build for Fulfillment Centers and Inbound to Container Build for Sort Centers and Air Hubs. Our team minimizes the variability and mistakes in the manual process. We use machine learning and Data Science to get the optimize process paths maximum utilization of HW resources proper prioritization of incoming packages volumes. Our systems process millions of packages a day and ensure Amazon meets the customer delivery promise. Our mission is to build the most efficient and optimal transportation system on the planet using our engineering muscle as our biggest advantage.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.