Job Description
- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
The Transportation Volume Planning team owns and operates ML and simulation systems that continually optimize the distribution of tens of millions of products across Amazon’s warehouses in the most cost-effective manner, utilizing large scale optimization techniques and distributed computing in trying to reduce overall transportation costs while improving the customer experience. We are focused on saving hundreds of millions of dollars using big data technologies, cutting edge science, machine learning, and scalable distributed software on the cloud that automates and optimizes inventory and shipments to customers under the uncertainty of demand, pricing and supply.
We’re looking for a passionate and results-oriented Software Development Engineer to develop large scale, fault tolerant and high availability software systems using mathematical modeling, ML and simulations. You will directly impact our direct customers, and even play with big data and incredible scale in the background.
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Key job responsibilities
High level responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
- Build large-scale, highly distributed systems solving complex logistics problems for the Amazon supply chain business.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, program managers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet technical and business requirements.
- Participate in the full software development life cycle, including writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, conducting code reviews, deploying production-ready software to Amazon's infrastructure and supporting the software in production.
- Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across multiple systems and services, collaborating with other teams as needed.
- Drive operations excellence by analyzing ticket root causes, and reduce both short-term and long-term operational load.
The Transportation Volume Planning team is part of the Fulfillment Optimization org and owns optimization and simulation systems to guide Amazon's outbound capacity planning. The team is currently spread across Seattle, Austin, TX, and New York City. The team is multi-disciplined comprising of research science, business intelligence, and software development. Come join us as we fundamentally redesign our approach to Amazon first-party fulfillment.
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- Obsession with quality and customer experience - attention to detail coupled with ability to think abstractly
- Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and containerization technologies on AWS.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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