Software Development Engineer

- 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
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 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

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Team Overview:
The Seller Compliance team builds critical services enabling Amazon's $100B+ EU marketplace growth by solving complex regulatory challenges. We own the Pay-on-Behalf platform that currently protects $34.5B GMS across 17 regulations, serving 279K sellers and generating $5.8MM in operating profit.

What you'll own:

Design and implement key components of our next-gen compliance platform
Work with Principal Engineers on architectural decisions
Build scalable solutions handling millions of daily seller transactions
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on compliance service integration

Current Technical Challenges:
Building real-time compliance fee calculation and charging systems
Designing multi-tenant architecture supporting 50+ regulations
Implementing automated compliance validation and reporting
Scaling systems to handle 3x growth in next 2 years

Tech Stack:
Java/Python microservices
AWS (DynamoDB, S3, SQS)
Internal Amazon frameworks
Distributed systems at scale

Why this role matters:
Direct impact on Amazon's EU marketplace growth
Solving complex technical challenges at massive scale
Working on greenfield projects with latest tech
High visibility with senior leadership

Basic Qualifications:
Java/Python proficiency
Distributed systems experience
3+ years of non-internship professional software development 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

Key job responsibilities
SDE job role

About the team
Synergy team