Software Development Engineer, AFT - Safety and Compliance

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers the physical engine at the heart of Amazon. AFT builds and operates the software, hardware, and processes that run the global network of fulfillment centers, which move billions of units of inventory and ensures customers get what they want when promised. Within AFT, we are constantly innovating in the ways we are automating and accelerating the delivery of products and packages using state of the art software and hardware technologies. We develop software by applying Advanced Algorithms and Real-Time Data processing using large scale distributed systems. We utilize OO programming languages, Hadoop, Elastic Map Reduce, DynamoDB and other AWS technologies to build solutions that that solve our challenges, ranging from scaling for massive Amazon order volume to ultrafast order fulfillment.

Our team is looking for top-notch software developers who love listening to our customers, working as a team, and proactively taking the lead whenever necessary. Our mission is to innovate and build scalable and robust software solutions that deliver a great customer experience. These software solutions will directly impact Amazon’s customers from product selection and order placement, to delivering products to our customers as quickly and cost effectively as possible.

What you’ll do? - Create solutions to enable products selection that are compliant across different countries, have direct impact to safety of the customers and associates.

• Design, and develop software services that interacts with Machine Learning and FC Operations technologies
• Deliver project items on-time / in-spec, communicating clearly with leads, manager and stakeholders
• Contribute to software and database architecture / design
• Contribute to architecture / design conversations and code reviews (yours and other team members’)
• Work with managers and team members to estimate effort and clarify / negotiate / document scope and design
• Contribute to design, architecture, process and development standards
• Contribute to projects that involve AI/ML based solutions to develop automated workflows for customers
• Effectively mentor interns, helping to maintain appropriate unit test coverage, code documentation, software structure and support
• Distill and communicate technical concepts to more junior developers and stakeholders
• Argue for the right outcomes with data, conviction and diplomacy
• Identify, evaluate and suggest mitigation strategies for risks during design
• Design and implement features for new and existing products, features, APIs, platforms and frameworks

Key job responsibilities

• Create solutions to enable products selection that are compliant across different countries, have direct impact to safety of the customers and associates.
• Contribute to projects that involve usage of AI/ML usage to drive automation outcomes for business
• Deliver project items on-time / in-spec, communicating clearly with leads, manager and stakeholders
• Contribute to software and database architecture / design
• Contribute to architecture / design conversations and code reviews (yours and other team members’)
• Work with managers and team members to estimate effort and clarify / negotiate / document scope and design
• Contribute to design, architecture, process and development standards
• Effectively mentor interns, helping to maintain appropriate unit test coverage, code documentation, software structure and support
• Distill and communicate technical concepts to more junior developers and stakeholders
• Argue for the right outcomes with data, conviction and diplomacy
• Identify, evaluate and suggest mitigation strategies for risks during design
• Design and implement features for new and existing products, features, APIs, platforms and frameworks

About the team Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazon’s global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software, hardware, and data science solutions that orchestrate processes, robots, machines, and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual world so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it. Learn more about AFT! https://tinyurl.com/AFTOverview

Safety & Compliance AFT’s Safety & Compliance team owns an innovative, data-driven information management solution that identifies, tracks, and mitigates safety & compliance concerns for business lines across Amazon.

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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually