Amazon · 3 months ago
Software Development Engineer, Zappos Discovery Tech
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$144K/yr - $194K/yr
3+ years expAmazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join their Discovery Team at Zappos Tech, focusing on enhancing the customer journey on Zappos.com. The role involves significant contributions to software development, collaboration with various stakeholders, and coaching team members to uphold high coding standards.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Develop and Maintain: Play a key role in the development and maintenance of Java-based applications leveraging AWS services (ECS, SQS, S3, DynamoDB), ensuring our architecture supports scalable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions
Collaborate for Success: Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and engineers. Your contributions will be crucial in creating optimal customer experiences and steering technology choices
Coach and Guide: Provide guidance and feedback to help maintain high coding standards and practices. Your efforts will contribute to the growth and development of our engineering team
Solve Problems: Address complex issues within a well-understood technology strategy. You'll balance business needs with technical solutions to ensure scalability and future growth
Uphold Best Practices: Your contributions will not only address problems efficiently but also adhere to and promote best practices within the team
Learn and Grow: You'll have opportunities for continuous learning and contributing to the team's strategy and goals, fostering an inclusive and growth-oriented environment
Qualification
Required
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
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Preferred
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
AWS and Java Skills: Proficiency in DynamoDB, ECS, SQS, SNS, S3, and comfort with CI/CD automation
Search Engine Experience: Experience with search engines (ideally Solr), enhancing our customers' discovery journey
Open Source Involvement: Familiarity with open-source tools (Git, SpringMVC, SpringBoot, Maven, Gradle, Ant, JUnit, Jenkins) to help us innovate
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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