Software Development Engineer, GCCI Ops & Tech

As a software development engineer in the GCCI Ops & Tech organization, you will work in a high-paced technical team working on solving complex problems with a significant amount of greenfield opportunity. This team was organized in early 2022, and we are still growing and each new joining team member has the opportunity to shape the way the team operates. Our team works across several core initiatives, ranging from helping internal customers better access and understand the impact of Amazon’s communications efforts across the globe, to building and owning Amazon’s largest public-facing information platform.

We are looking for an SDE who wants to join a two-pizza team developing and maintaining web applications that support editorial workflows and content delivery. You should be a seasoned builder with experience designing/building products at meaningful scale, and be comfortable owning end-to-end deliverables. This is a role where initiatives frequently, quickly move from limited customer interaction, to immediate, significant usage.

You’ll be a leading voice in our team for reviewing peer design and code. You'll be actively encouraged to experiment, improve, invent, and innovate on behalf of our customers. An ideal candidate will operate at all levels, diving deep into architecture details while providing strategic inputs for our products. A typical day will range from writing and reviewing code, to product feedback sessions with directors and vice presidents.

The ideal candidate is passionate about new opportunities and has a strong track record of successfully leading and delivering new features/products. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building scalable software products. This person thrives on delivering high quality technology solutions in a hyper-growth environment.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

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 $115,000/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.