Software Development Engineer II, Items and Relationships Platform, Unified Intelligent Matching Systems

Interested in a team involving data sciences algorithm development leveraging Artificial Intelligence and an opportunity to impact every Amazon customer

Unified Intelligent Matching Systems (UIMS) team builds systems that establish product identity prevent identity defects and enable high fidelity product matching to improve and maintain Amazon catalog identity quality. The solutions ensure sufficient identity quality for product payloads and accurately compare product payloads to determine their homogeneity enabling correct mapping to existing Amazon catalog items. We are building new systems leveraging existing systems where possible to support the full breadth of Amazons global traffic of 1B daily transactions under ambitious timelines.

Successful candidates are passionate about translating high-level ambiguous business goals to software solutions that enable multiple businesses. You are comfortable taking initiative and working alongside top-notch software developers.

Key job responsibilities
An SDE II on the UIMS team works autonomously and delivers significant projects which meet the technical and business requirements. We are building new systems in fast evolving areas - to be successful as an SDE II in the team they should be able to handle ambiguity and operate under tight schedules. They would need to build new services and systems from scratch supporting hundreds of millions of transactions daily built on newly developed AI models while interacting with an established Amazon eco-system. They need to be inquisitive to understand the customer requirements & existing/potential solutions think critically when working on solutions and show good judgement to balance short- versus long-term program needs. They would need to communicate effectively across multiple stakeholders. An SDE II works with the team and relevant stakeholders to invent design and build software that is stable and scalable. They need to make continuous improvements identifying engineering and data integrity opportunities. They need to be active in operational support for the team identifying opportunities and ensure that the root causes are resolved. They would provide meaningful feedback through code reviews or otherwise to the team and mentor junior engineers.

- 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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Sunnyvale - 165200.00 - 223600.00 USD annually