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# Software Dev Engineer II

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $131,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Java (Programming Language), Software Applications, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Perl (Programming Language), Oracle SQL Developer, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Information Technology, Software Coding
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usa949d73a95cff48ff36a2437c3992a72

## About the Role

* The ideal candidate is interested in a career in software development and is looking to utilize and expand their coding skills and gain exposure to a wide variety of software applications.
 * They must be detail oriented, have superior verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, are able to work independently and can maintain professionalism under pressure.

Preferred coding skills:

 * Perl, C/C++ and/or Java.
 * Other desired technical skills include Mason, Perl CGI, Oracle SQL, HTML, UNIX/LINUX.
 * A Computer Science or equivalent technical degree and 2-5 years of relevant experience is required.

Task Breakdown and Workflow:

 * 10% meetings
 * 10% team discussions
 * 80% Development work; design/coding

Top 3 Must Have Hard Skills:

 * Client experience
 * Coding experience specifically in Java
 * Data based experience

Nice to haves:

 * B2B experience

Leadership Principles:

 * Learn and be curious
 * Dive deep
 * Deliver results

Years of Experience:

 * 2-5 years of experience

Degree/ Certification Requirements:

 * A Computer Science or equivalent technical degree

What background does someone have that is successful in this role:

 * The ideal candidate is interested in a career in software development and is looking to utilize and expand their coding skills and gain exposure to a wide variety of software applications.
 * They must be detail oriented, have superior verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, are able to work independently and can maintain professionalism under pressure.

## Description

* The Client Business team is looking for a Software Development Engineer.
 * who will act as first level support and development for all incoming production software application issues dealing with merchandising applications.
 * Your solutions will impact our customers directly!
 * Primary responsibilities include developing monitoring solutions, troubleshooting/debugging and implementing the fix for internally developed code (Perl, C/C++, JAVA), performing SQL queries, improving our systems that gather metrics on our features, updating, tracking and resolving technical challenges.
 * Responsibilities also include working alongside development on Client Corporate and Divisional Software projects, updating/enhancing our current software, automation of support processes and documentation of our systems.


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