Sort centers are a fundamental entity of amazon's transportation network and are experiencing explosive growth. We are looking for a motivated, experienced, Software Development Engineer with outstanding leadership skills, proven ability to develop full stack applications focused on helping our customers drive towards 100% availability of their applications and workloads. Our team works across the full stack - from scalable back-end services, distributed data processing systems to intuitive UX. Our team works with Data engineering, Data science teams to drive innovation and results. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organization and help build it from ground up using Native AWS Services - then this is an opportunity for you.

Key job responsibilities
The position will be assigned to the NA Sort Center Ops Planning network and will work closely with Performance, Engineering Labor Planning, Capacity and Planning, Performance, Forecasting and the Sort Tech team to design and develop standardized Shift planning, Volume visibility, Flow management and Risk management for the Sort Center Operations network.

In terms of qualification, the candidate must have demonstrated the ability to manage medium to large scale projects within the AWS environment that scale to an entire region or globally where partnerships needed to be developed with multiple teams to be able to access and understand data.

On our team you will build with a strong focus on customers everywhere, bringing your talent for software development at scale and passion for teamwork to bear. You will have the autonomy and independence to own substantial parts of the problem, with significant opportunity to define your own direction and plans.

If you are passionate about building high impact software with new technologies and are eager to take on and solve challenging problems while delivering an amazing customer experience, then our team is the perfect fit for you.

About the team
Our team owns full stack software - from scalable back-end services, to distributed data processing systems and intuitive UX. Our team also works with Data engineering to build data ingestion pipelines and Data science teams for Data Science model hosting. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organization and help build it from ground up, then this is an opportunity for you.

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
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from accredited university or 3+ years related experience.
- 3+ year(s) professional experience writing software with a modern object-oriented language (Java, Python, etc).
- Experience with web development technologies (ReactJS/Javascript, HTML, CSS).
- Demonstrated experience with computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, etc.)
- General understanding of UNIX-based operating systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A willingness to dive deep, experiment rapidly and get things done.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Experience with AWS technologies (S3, EC2, Lambda, ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS, ElasticSearch etc.)
- Familiarity with architecting in AWS.
- Experience working with external teams to drive solutions.
- Experience with the Amazon internal development environment.
- Experience designing and/or implementing automated software testing, deployment and performance analysis systems.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies

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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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.