Join Amazon Business as a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE-III) and step into a role where you'll be a technical leader, tackling complex challenges with autonomy. You will shape the future of our software architecture, driving high-impact solutions with a strategic, long-term vision. Your expertise will extend to identifying and resolving architectural gaps, initiating and leading large-scale projects, and understanding the profound business implications of your systems.

This position involves influencing team strategy, engaging in meaningful dialogues with customers and peers, and guiding technology choices for sustained success. You’ll be instrumental in fostering innovation while ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives and Amazon's customer-centric philosophy.

As a Senior SDE, you will own team architecture, providing system-wide design guidance and championing engineering best practices across operational excellence, security, and quality. You'll dive deep to address root causes of recurring issues, influencing software decisions beyond your immediate team. Building consensus and navigating differing perspectives will be key to charting the optimal path forward.

Your role will also involve contributing to talent acquisition through active recruiting and sharing your extensive knowledge by coaching and mentoring fellow engineers. You'll apply software engineering best practices, from design and testing to deployment and operations, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and robust code.

We seek experienced professionals proficient in object-oriented languages like Java and C++. A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns is essential for crafting simple, effective solutions. Deep knowledge of operating system performance and scalability is crucial for building efficient software.

Key qualifications include architecting and designing solutions for broadly defined problems, providing technical mentorship, driving engineering excellence, and developing code in object-oriented languages. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, at least 5 years of professional software development experience (non-internship), and 5 years of programming experience in at least one language.

Experience leading design or architecture for new and existing systems (5+ years) and experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader are also required. Preferred qualifications include 5+ years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.