Software Development Engineer, Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) - Inventory Controllership

Software Development Engineer, Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) - Inventory Controllership

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers the physical engine at the heart of Amazon. AFT builds and operates software, hardware, and the processes that run the global network of fulfillment centers that move billions of units of inventory, employ tens of thousands of people, and ensure that customers get what they want when promised. We do this by building automated solutions to handle things that technology does well, while relying on people to handle things that humans do well.

The Inventory Controllership (ICON) team provides the authoritative source of financial information for billions of inventory units that Amazon holds in its Fulfillment Centers (FC), worldwide. As new inventory arrives at the FC, it is routed to optimal locations within the FC based on space availability, customer demand and buying patterns. ICON tracks end to end financial life cycle of these packages, building systems that model new business workflows and actively track process deviations. Stepping into 2025, we are building the next generation inventory management system for Amazon. This system will empower our customers to automatically track, trace, and reconcile transaction-level financial records at Amazon scale, covering a wide diversity of business models across worldwide markets.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer II (SDE2) to join the ICON team based out of Bellevue, WA. As a SDE in ICON team, you will have firsthand exposure to designing and building scalable systems that record billions of transactions in real-time every day and leverage Big Data approaches to provide new business insights to Amazon.

Key job responsibilities

As an SDEII, you will be collaborating with a team of highly talented engineers to help deliver a highly scalable solutions. You would be raising the bar for technical design and code and work on product features starting with gathering requirements, technical design, coding, and operational support. You would work closely with cross functional TPMs, stakeholders and engineers from other teams to deliver new features to our products. Further:

1. You are constantly looking to make improvements to existing systems as well as looking for new problems to solve. You are not satisfied with the status quo.
2. You uphold the highest standards, and encourage those around you to do the same.
3. You are always looking for opportunities to learn about new technologies, new customer use-cases, or the inner workings of our systems.
4. You are always asking what we can do to make our customers' experiences better. Putting yourself in their shoes and working backwards from there.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

About the team

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazon’s global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software, hardware, and data science solutions that orchestrate processes, robots, machines, and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual world so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it.

AFT’s Inventory team delivers complex, innovative, scalable solutions to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of all physical goods across the Amazon fulfillment network, ensuring both inventory record accuracy and safe inventory handling for billions of items.

Minimum Qualifications

1. 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3. Experience programming with at least one software programming language
4. 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
5. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit this link .

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 this link . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.