Software Development Engineer - Retail

Are you seeking an environment where you can drive innovation? Are you interested in finding the best intersection of features versus performance? Are you up to the task of delivering innovative technology that offers millions of unique products to thousands of suppliers and tens of millions of customers around the world? Many of the technical challenges Amazon.com encounters have never been dealt with before on this scale, if at all. Come help lead the way in e-commerce innovation.


 


As a member of Amazon.com's development team, you'll play a key role in the evolution of our e-commerce platform, and you'll be able to lead mission-critical projects early in your career. Your design and coding skills and raw smarts will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, optimization, scalability, security, and algorithms--just to name a few. Your work may touch tens of millions of customers, hundreds of thousands of sellers, and tens of thousands of external developers.


 




Strong object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java, preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform) Well-versed in Perl and SQL Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions Ability to deal well with ambiguous or undefined problems, and to think abstractly Degree in computer science or computer engineering (or a related technical discipline); graduate degree a plus