Software Dev Engineer III, ICON

Do you want to ensure a delightful shopping experience for millions of Amazon.com customers everyday? The Intelligent Cloud Hosting (ICON) team is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer who is passionate to work on the development of innovative software products which will help boost engineers productivity in Amazon and improving services’ posture towards security, availability, efficiency, compliance and maintainability. We aim to eliminate vast quantities of undifferentiated and often tedious work for Amazon development teams - our opportunity for impact to tens of thousands of developers is enormous. Key Job Responsibilities Work with the team to help drive business decisions. Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to drive services optimizations, cost and security. Provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcomes. Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all team deliverables. Write high quality distributed system software. Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, focusing on the most important tasks. As a Senior Software Development Engineer in the ICON team, you will work on the development of next generation managed hosting platform technologies. You will lead the design, implementation, and successful delivery of large-scale services. You will influence your team’s technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach. You will work side‑by‑side and collaborate with strategic technical stakeholders and customers to develop new products that meet the needs of the Amazon e‑Commerce platform. You will partner with multiple teams to come up with novel ways to make our retail website more secure and available for Amazon customers. The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills, with the experience of creating and launching large scale distributed systems with the help of a team. You are expected to be versatile, able to thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment and eager to mentor junior engineers. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and are able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role. You are data‑driven and analytical. You can clearly and effectively communicate (written as well as verbally) across organizations and up to senior leadership. What does it take to succeed in this role? You need to be creative, responsible, and able to dig deep into AWS emerging technologies. You will learn existing systems and design an integrated system. You will think about business opportunities, operational issues, architectural improvements and the customer perspective in the source of a single conversation. You have a deep mastery of programming languages, distributed system design, and performance. About the Team The ICON team hosts Amazon websites and backend platform services that power the customer experience. We abstract and centralize the infrastructure management from service teams, bring agility to business processes, and manage infrastructure of 100s of Tier‑1 services. The ICON team is located within the Intelligent Control (ICC) organization which owns connecting our worldwide websites and other consumer experiences such as Kindle, Amazon Video, and Alexa to the internet, as well as ensuring the highest level of availability, security and privacy of the web services that power the experience we deliver to our customers worldwide. Basic Qualifications 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr