Amazon
Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Homepage
Amazon, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Homepage
Amazon’s mission is to be the world’s most customer-centric company and the Homepage is Amazon’s storefront, where we welcome millions of customers daily and help them start their shopping mission by bringing the most relevant parts of the store to them and discover something new. Our team is responsible for designing, developing and shipping one of the world’s best known websites. We start with the customer and work backwards in order to build great customer experiences for mobile phones, desktops and tablets. If you’ve ever visited an Amazon homepage and thought, “this is great” or “this could be better,” we’re the team to talk to.Our pages and platforms serve our customers and internal teams globally and across devices. This places a number of unique demands on the team. We need to develop extremely high-performing platforms and pages that respect locale specific needs while also achieving scale and reusability. This requires flexible thinking and code. The Amazon homepage is a full stack development opportunity. While we leverage many of the great services at Amazon, we are also actively scoping new and innovative ways to serve original content as well as testing new user interfaces. Our software development engineers define how we architect these changes in order to build a sustainable and performant Amazon homepage experience.Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer, you will be expected to challenge the status quo, respect the need to be nimble and develop solutions for our most pressing opportunities. You will work with teams from across the company in order to ensure we are using or developing the features necessary to live up to our mission of being the world’s most customer-centric company. You will deep dive into systems and come up with innovative approaches and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.Basic Qualifications
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experienceExperience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented designExperience programming with at least one software programming languagePreferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentExperience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systemsAmazon 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
this link .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
this link . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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Amazon’s mission is to be the world’s most customer-centric company and the Homepage is Amazon’s storefront, where we welcome millions of customers daily and help them start their shopping mission by bringing the most relevant parts of the store to them and discover something new. Our team is responsible for designing, developing and shipping one of the world’s best known websites. We start with the customer and work backwards in order to build great customer experiences for mobile phones, desktops and tablets. If you’ve ever visited an Amazon homepage and thought, “this is great” or “this could be better,” we’re the team to talk to.Our pages and platforms serve our customers and internal teams globally and across devices. This places a number of unique demands on the team. We need to develop extremely high-performing platforms and pages that respect locale specific needs while also achieving scale and reusability. This requires flexible thinking and code. The Amazon homepage is a full stack development opportunity. While we leverage many of the great services at Amazon, we are also actively scoping new and innovative ways to serve original content as well as testing new user interfaces. Our software development engineers define how we architect these changes in order to build a sustainable and performant Amazon homepage experience.Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer, you will be expected to challenge the status quo, respect the need to be nimble and develop solutions for our most pressing opportunities. You will work with teams from across the company in order to ensure we are using or developing the features necessary to live up to our mission of being the world’s most customer-centric company. You will deep dive into systems and come up with innovative approaches and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.Basic Qualifications
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experienceExperience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented designExperience programming with at least one software programming languagePreferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentExperience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systemsAmazon 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
this link .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
this link . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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