Senior Software Development Engineer, Payroll Locker Payroll Tech

Payroll Technology at Amazon is all about enabling our business to perform at scale as efficiently as possible with no defects. As Amazons workforce grows both in size and geography Amazons payroll operations become increasingly complex. The conventional manual processes are less effective in the new landscape and we are building solutions to automate manual processes using a variety of OpenSource and Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies.

We are building a platform with a unique combination of File Share Data Lake and Data Processing Engine with built-in anomaly detection self-service onboarding and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance tailored for each region.

The ideal candidate for this role will be a self-starter and is comfortable with ambiguity and excel at building highly scalable solutions. They will have prior experience in solving complex problems massive data volume and complex business rules. Lastly they will enjoy learning and implementing new technologies and will be independent in implementing it in suitable situations.

Key job responsibilities
As an SDE on our team you will be responsible for leading the architecture design development and launch of some of the core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features drive the system architecture and spearhead the best practices to delivery high quality products.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work hustle and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. You will tackle large complex projects massive data volume complex business rules in a highly distributed and service-oriented architecture. create reliable scalable secure products for our customers in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast

This position requires that you are a significant and autonomous contributor. Your work is consistently high quality. You solve complex problems applying appropriate technologies and best practices. Your focus is on designing developing and effectively applying automated solutions that test major portions of software (e.g. significant component set of features mid-size application service etc.). You prevent and find defects early. You apply software testing techniques such as equivalence class partitioning boundary value testing etc. You build complete test and/or measurement solutions (e.g. performance load scalability usability etc.) You use data from testing deployment and production to measure quality and provide actionable improvement to the product. You write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand. You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to make trade-offs. Your solutions are pragmatic. You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity). You consider the legacy of the code you produce limiting the use of short-term workarounds. You create flexible software without over-engineering. You re-use where possible while being judicious about introducing dependencies. You are efficient with resource usage.

- 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