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Amazon Software Development Engineer, Location, Strategy & Analytics in Seattle, Washington
Description
Join our dynamic team of Software & Data Engineers driving data-driven decisions for Amazon Physical Stores' growth and development strategy. As a Software Development Engineer, you'll collaborate with engineers, scientists, and product teams to build scalable infrastructure and innovative solutions.
If you're passionate about big data, geospatial analytics, open source technologies, AWS, or GenAI. and want to play an impactful role in shaping Amazon's physical store strategy, come join us!
What We Offer:
Strong work-life balance
Continuous learning opportunities
Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and innovations
What We Build:
Central Datalake solutions for comprehensive data management
Scalable backend & frontend infrastructure to support efficient management, optimization and strategy of Amazon Physical Store portfolio
AI-powered chatbots and data extractors
Technology Stack:
We leverage a modern tech stack, including but not limited to:
Frontend: ReactJS, MapLibre, Deck.gl
Backend: Apache Iceberg, Apache Sedona, Apache Spark
Cloud & AI: AWS Bedrock, AWS AppSync, AWS AppFlow
A successful candidate will have a passion for innovation, interest in cutting-edge technology, and excitement about working in a high-impact domain, proven ability to deal with ambiguity to deliver highest quality solutions, and will:
Design and implement complex, large-scale systems, including data lakes and chatbots
Evaluate and guide current and future technology choices
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development
Work with a high degree of independence to deliver high quality solutions
Key job responsibilities
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that adheres to industry best practices
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
Actively engage and participate in software architecture and design reviews
Oversee and continually improve production operations, including optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, code deployments, bug fixes and overall release management and coordination.
Work closely with Product teams, Scientists and engineers to explore new solutions and improve existing ones.
Design and develop full stack solutions from front end to back end
A day in the life
Collaborating with peer engineers, scientists, economists and location analysts, product/program managers
Collaborating with to product managers on future vision of our products build data products
Invest time in learning new technologies.
Play a key role in the technology that will power Amazon's physical store growth.
About the team
Our vision is to be the world’s leading science, engineering, and analytics provider, coupled with expert knowledge, supporting Amazon Physical Stores. We strive to build a best-in-class network of experiences across all banners, formats and channels within the WW Grocery Stores portfolio.
Our mission is to deliver products, services and data capabilities leveraging cutting edge science and technology to increase long-term free cash flow for WW Grocery stores. We optimize decisions that require spatial analysis, including site selection, portfolio optimization, long-term topology planning, and macro space planning within stores. We tackle problems holistically, and combine data, applications, and business judgment in our solutions.
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
Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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.