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Amazon Software Development Engineer, AmazonAPI Infrastructure in Seattle, Washington
Description
Do you like building systems that process hundreds of billions of requests in a day in scalable, consistent way all while delighting customers? Do you have a passion for making developers more productive? Then join AmazonAPI!
The mission of AmazonAPI is to accelerate the Amazon.com shopping experience by making core shopping data accessible to teams through a single consistent REST endpoint. We own libraries that abstract away the low-level HTTP semantics, a caching layer to lower latency for our end customers, and a platform that retrieves data from 200+ integrated backend services, transforms it, and returns the data to 3500+ client teams. We integrate with authoritative backend services to ensure all customers see the same data, regardless of how they shop. We work with data owners across Amazon to standardize shopping data where necessary, allowing developers to easily build new shopping experiences without worrying about gathering data from multiple sources.
As an engineer on AmazonAPI, you will be be a key technical advocate for partner teams as they integrate and use our platform. You will contribute to the design and development of the end-to-end developer experience. You will work with senior leaders across Amazon, finding solutions to multi-dimensional problems and driving a consistent platform experience across the different parts of the AmazonAPI product suite.
Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
Be a key contributor to our team strategy and roadmap.
Be responsible for developing a deep understanding of the needs and challenges facing the diverse set of data owners who build on the Amazon.com website today.
Work cross-functionally with many other engineering teams, and partner developers to design and implement solutions that delight our customers.
About the team
AmazonAPI's mission is to be the authoritative data plane for the Amazon.com website. Our goal is to be the one stop shop for any team's store data needs at Amazon. This means we provide APIs for all different types of data such as product data, customer data, deals data, etc.. Our service's traffic has doubled every year and it processes millions of transactions every second. We work on problems like building strongly typed client libraries, improving the developer experience, networking, caching, data security and how to run our platform efficiently and effectively.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
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
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
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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.