Software Development Engineer, RISC tech

Want to join a team that protects and improves the buyer experience of millions Amazon customers and builds earths most customer-centric sellers daily - using cutting edge technology including machine learning data mining and big data analytics cloud computing services and highly available/scalable distributed systems that support hundreds of millions of transactions across the globe

We have an exciting opportunity with the Regulatory Intelligence Safety and Compliance (RISC) engineering team to architect and build next-generation engineering systems to quickly and accurately identify and mitigate product compliance/safety issues and potential risks to the customer experience.

As a Software Development Engineer in the Regulatory Intelligence Safety and Compliance (RISC) engineering team you will be a key member of an engineering team and build the technical vision that ingests large volumes of customer feedback and inventory data and supports highly advanced proactive predictive detection of product safety issues in real-time through robust machine learning models outlier detection algorithms and takes necessary enforcement actions to preserve and improve product safety and the end customer/supplier experience. You will be part of a dynamic group of engineers where flexibility teamwork and creative thinking are highly valued. Engineers worldwide will look to you for mentorship guidance and solutions to complex problems.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:

- Help define the system architecture own and implement specific components and help shape the overall experience
- Collaborate closely with product managers UX designers and other SDE team members to help define the scope of the product
- Take responsibility for technical problem solving creatively meeting product objectives and developing best practices
- Demonstrate cross-functional resource interaction to accomplish your goals
- Write high-quality efficient testable code in Java and other object-oriented languages
- Design Amazon-scale tools to facilitate internal business
- Build highly available secure and low-latency systems
- Mentor other developers
- Find out what it takes to engineer systems for Amazon Scale
- Design and build microservices
- Own and operate the systems that you build based on real-time customer data and demanding service-level agreements
- Contribute to planning design implementation testing operations and process improvement

About the team
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.

- 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.