Software Development Engineer, Core Shopping

Would you like to pioneer the discovery of the newest Generative AI applications that will shape how millions of customers shop and interact with technology Join us to influence emerging customer usage patterns and transform the future of e-commerce.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to lead a new greenfield initiative that shapes innovation with Machine Learning and Large Language Models. Your deliverables will directly impact executive leadership team goals and future shopping experiences. Our services allow customers to shop anywhere anytimegoing from I want that to thats on the way in seconds. We need the industrys best talent to help create new ways to interact search and shop. Join us to change the future of everyday life.

You will have the freedom to experiment improve and invent on behalf of our customers. Most importantly you will work with a strong leadership team that prioritizes your growth and pairs you with personalized mentors both within and outside the organization to guide your career.

Key job responsibilities
A Sr. Software Dev Eng creates simple solutions across the organization. You will have the opportunity to architect a scalable solution. You will have the opportunity to mentor junior SDEs and contribute to design the next evolution of our services.

As a senior technical leader on this team you will:
1. Design and develop scalable highly available software systems that power our next-generation GenAI customer experiences
2. Drive architectural decisions that impact multiple teams and establish technical direction for the broader organization
3. Collaborate with product and business teams to translate ambitious visions into innovative technical solutions
4. Mentor engineers across teams while raising the technical bar throughout the organization
5. Identify and resolve complex technical challenges that cross traditional team boundaries
6. Develop technical strategies aligned with long-term business goals and customer needs
7. Build relationships with key stakeholders across the company to drive adoption of new technologies

About the team
We intersect into a really fun space working with both our traditional Retail systems Rufus and Alexa. Our goal is to provide real time package information to our customers and help them understand when to expect their packages.

My teams tackle a complex cross-organizational initiative that will fundamentally reshape how we approach GenAI applications for our customers. This isnt just another feature development projectit requires technical leadership that spans multiple teams and influences architectural decisions across the organization.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 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 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 WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually