Software Development Engineer - Military Veterans

About the role

The opportunity is for U.S. citizens who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces including Reserves, National Guard, and service member spouses. Applicants must list their service in their resume to be considered.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight our customers.
• Design and develop scalable solutions using cloud-native architectures and microservices in a large distributed computing environment.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation.
• Build and maintain resilient distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective.
• Leverage and contribute to the development of GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity while staying current with emerging technologies.
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns.
• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles while participating in operational responsibilities including on-call duties.
• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

Requirements

• Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles.
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience.
• Preferred: Experience with one or more of the following: AI tools for development productivity, Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), Database systems (SQL and NoSQL).
• Preferred: Contributing to open-source projects, Version control systems, Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems.
• Preferred: Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Preferred: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Preferred: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

$110,500.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time