Senior Software Engineer - Amazon

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build highly available infrastructure data and provisioning services at massive scale. The role involves owning features end-to-end, developing services across multiple platforms, participating in on-call rotations, and driving operational excellence and security.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build highly available, regional and zonal services that operate at massive scale (millions of hosts, billions of API calls)
• Own features end-to-end: requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
• Develop modern Kotlin/Java/Python/TypeScript services spanning on-host agents, APIs and Web interfaces with measurable impact on availability and security
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence
• Work with a team of passionate engineers to deliver the next generation of infrastructure data and provisioning services

Requirements:

• Strong foundation in Computer Science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Proficiency in Back-End Web Development, including API design, microservices, and working with databases
• Extensive experience in Software Development and Programming in one or more modern languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, C#, or Node.js)
• Solid understanding and practical application of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems, cloud-native applications (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases, caching technologies, and performance optimization techniques
• Comfort with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and version control systems such as Git
• Effective communication skills, ability to work collaboratively in a remote environment, and proven experience mentoring or leading other engineers
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 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
• Knowledge of data ingestion, ETL pipelines, and integration with third-party APIs is highly beneficial
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent