Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Access chez Amazon

Description

Amazon is investing in building technology that helps customers seamlessly discover and utilize the benefits they're entitled to. We're solving complex problems at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, real-time data processing, and intelligent personalization, creating infrastructure that serves millions of transactions with high reliability and low latency.

As an SDE-II on this team, you will contribute to the design and development of greenfield systems built for Amazon scale. You'll work across the stack, from backend services and data pipelines to ML-integrated features and play a key role in shaping the technical direction of a high-growth product area.

Key job responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and operate scalable distributed systems that power real-time eligibility and personalization experiences

• Contribute to architecture decisions for new services in a greenfield environment

• Partner with Senior SDEs, Principal Engineers, and Data Scientists to solve technically challenging problems

• Own features end-to-end from design through deployment with a focus on customer impact and operational excellence

• Drive engineering best practices across code quality, testing, and system reliability

What We're Looking For

• Robust fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design

• Experience building and operating production services at scale (preferably in distributed systems)

• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to break down complex problems into deliverable solutions

• A bias for action, high ownership, and a desire to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment

• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams

Why This Role

• Greenfield opportunity: Build from scratch with modern architecture patterns at Amazon scale

• High-impact problem space: Directly improve customer outcomes through technology

• Growth environment: Work closely with senior technical leaders in a team that values mentorship and ownership

• Strategic investment: Part of a business area with leadership sponsorship and long-term growth potential

About the team

You'll be part of a founding engineering team in Bangalore, building a new platform from the ground up, a strategic investment area for Amazon focused on enabling customers to access and maximize their entitled benefits. The team operates and works alongside a strong product and science org. This is an opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a platform with significant scale and business impact.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• 2+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, Python, C++, or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, or real-time data systems

• Familiarity with ML model integration or data pipeline development

• Prior experience in a 0-to-1 product build or early-stage team within a large organization

• Exposure to healthcare, fintech, or benefits-related domains is a plus

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