This is an opportunity to be part of the team for one of Amazon's new business ventures. We're looking for a talented Software Development Engineer to join our team of product managers, designers, and engineers to design, and build innovative automotive-shopping experiences for our customers. Our goal is to create innovative automotive discovery and shopping experiences on Amazon, providing customers with greater convenience and a wider selection.
You'll work in a creative, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment at the center of Amazon's innovation. As a key member, you'll play a pivotal role in helping us achieve our mission. You will mentor engineers and support the foundation of a new development team, using your engineering experience to build an culture of innovation, quality and customer obsession.
Join us on this exhilarating journey and be part of redefining the vehicle shopping experience.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer in Amazon Autos, you will:
- Design and build full-stack solutions. Your solutions will enable delivery of innovative automotive experiences and experiences across devices and web.
- Use your problem-solving skills, collaborating with creative and technical teams, thinking-big and inventing and simplifying to solve challenges.
- Deliver novel customer experiences by developing solutions which include innovative UX strategies, AWS services and large scale back-end services.
- Collaborate with teams across Amazon to integrate and optimize existing ad products to take advantage of Amazon's scale and reach.
- Leverage your technical ability, excellent organizational and communication skills to build and solve challenging and ambiguous problems. You'll use your ingenuity and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
- Provide guidance to and mentor SDEs in these team.
- Set a high quality bar, ensuring quality design reviews and robust engineering practices for automated testing, code coverage and full CI/CD pipelines.
A day in the life
In this role, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team working on one of Amazon's newest business ventures. As a key member, you will collaborate closely with engineering, product, design, operations, and business development to bring innovative solutions to our customers. You will create software designs and implementation for medium-to-large scale projects across all areas of this new automotive shopping initiative. You will work directly with creative, product management and program management to define requirements and apply your technical expertise to solve difficult software problems in a fast-paced environment. You'll design and build software and systems for novel customer experiences, AWS services, and large-scale back-end web services, all with the goal of delivering a seamless experience to the customer.
This is an opportunity to make a significant impact, working in partnership with teams across Amazon to create enormous benefits for our customers through cutting-edge products.
About the team
Imagine a team with the combined horsepower of tech wizards, car enthusiasts, and experience gurus. We're not just building a car-selling platform, we're reimagining the entire journey. This crew blends code warriors crafting the perfect user interface with gearheads who know every bolt of car buying experience. We're fueled by a shared passion for innovation and a deep respect for the thrill of the open road. If you're a problem-solver who thrives on pushing boundaries and an ace at bringing ideas to life, buckle up! This team is your chance to leave your mark on the future of mobility.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.