Senior Software Engineer, Amazon Customer Service

Do you want to solve real customer problems through innovative technology Do you enjoy working on scalable services in a collaborative team environment Do you want to see your code directly impact millions of customers worldwide

At Amazon we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. Customer obsession is part of our company DNA which has made us one of the worlds most beloved brands.

Our Software Development Engineers (SDEs) use modern technology to solve complex problems while seeing their works impact first-hand. The challenges SDEs solve at Amazon are meaningful and influence millions of customers sellers and products globally. We seek individuals passionate about creating new products features and services while managing ambiguity in an environment where development cycles are measured in weeks not years.


Key job responsibilities
- Own team-level architecture and design for a major product area; deliver features spanning the full software lifecycle
- Solve complex problems with multiple constraints; apply judgment in trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term maintainability
- Partner with product science and cross-team engineering on specification decision modeling and integration contracts
- Lead design reviews and provide constructive direction on code and design to engineers at multiple levels
- Drive cross-team coordination and ensure the teams product integrates cleanly with upstream and downstream systems

- 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

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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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