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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- 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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USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale systems that power Amazon Lists. You'll work on high-traffic services and customer-facing experiences, solving complex problems in distributed systems, frontend modernization, and data-driven personalization — all while directly impacting the shopping experience for hundreds of millions of customers worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

1. Design & Build: Architect and implement scalable backend services and customer-facing features across the Lists platform
   
2. Frontend Development: Develop responsive, performant UI experiences using modern frameworks (React) to delight customers
   
3. System Ownership: Own services end-to-end — from design through deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence
   
4. Technical Excellence: Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code; participate in design and code reviews; raise the quality bar for the team
   
5. Operational Health: Participate in on-call rotations, drive root-cause analysis, and build automated monitoring and alerting
   
6. Collaboration: Partner with product managers, designers, and peer engineers to define technical solutions that meet customer needs
   
7. Mentorship: Guide junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and best practices

About the team
Amazon Lists helps hundreds of millions of customers organize and share the things they love — from wish lists and gift registries to idea boards and collections. We're entering a new chapter, applying state of the art AI to re-imagine how customers curate, discover, and connect through lists.