Software Development Engineer - Amazon Lending

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

Amazon Lending provides Sellers with access to funds to grow their business. We take pride in building scalable, automated systems that make data-driven decisions. We are looking for a software engineer with a passion for high coding standards, design patterns and quality software delivery as we expand the program into new countries and launch additional credit products.

• Rich hands-on programming experience in Java or another object oriented language

• Proven track record building large-scale systems and solving complex problems

• Experience mentoring and developing the technical skills of Software Engineers

• Deep understanding of design-patterns and putting them to use in real-world scenarios

• Experience with service oriented technology

• Experience working with and building scalable systems

• Knowledge of AWS or other cloud platform

• Experience developing in a Linux environment

• Clear, professional communication skills able to contribute to team discussions, knowing when to contribute, when to listen, and when to ask questions.

• Practical experience with software engineering best-practices and designing applications for speed, scale and stability is a big advantage
• ·Experience with presentation technologies such as Ajax, jQuery, javascript, HTML, and CSS would be a big plus
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

• Equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree based on 3 years of work experience for every 1 year of education
• 3+ years professional experience in software development
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
• Computer Science fundamentals in data structures
• Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as C, C++, Java or Perl