Senior Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Flex

Description

Amazon’s Last Mile Technology has the operational focus of providing new and different technologies to solve challenges in the last mile delivery space. We want to ensure a top-in-class customer experience from the time a customer places an order on Amazon.com to the time it lands in the customer’s hands. It is in our makeup to drive true innovation in this space.

Building on that concept, one of the key delivery systems to support Last Mile is Amazon Flex. Amazon Flex aims to delight customers by delivering millions of packages faster than ever before. But this is not just benefiting our end customers. with Amazon Flex, individuals can now be their own boss while earning money delivering ultra-fast orders. You can find out more about Amazon Flex at flex.amazon.com.

Key job responsibilities

We’re looking for someone with:

• Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems and cloud-based applications.

• Expertise in software engineering best practices, including Agile methodologies, continuous integration/deployment, and test-driven development.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• A passion for mentoring and developing others, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse team culture.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, create, and update core functionality of projects and services

• Drive the technical direction and architecture of large, complex software system

• Identify opportunities to improve the stability, performance, and security

• Work closely with a diverse group of stakeholders including Product Managers, Data Engineers, Operations, internal technical teams and leadership to define business opportunities and then drive end-to-end solutions and product roadmap

• Coach, and mentor individuals; build a strong cross-functional organization

• Provide technical expertise and leadership throughout product lifecycles, influence software engineers best practices for your team and own operational excellence of large scale production services

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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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