Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test, Prime Tech - Membership Growth

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test, Prime Tech - Membership Growth

Are you ready to work on services that create the most impactful membership in the world, which already has over 150 million paid members in 20 countries? If you are passionate about writing code that impacts millions of people every day, the Amazon Prime Team wants to hear from you.

The Prime team seeks talented engineers who take great pride in both the technical and business contributions of their work. You will have the chance to significantly impact our systems, business, and most importantly, our customers. As a member of the Prime team, you will work closely with the business team to implement new features, using a variety of core languages and technologies, including Linux, to build highly scalable services.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test on this team, you will lead test automation and infrastructure development, and test new architectural choices that have a significant impact on our systems and customers. You will work directly with Developers, QA Engineers, and Product Managers to ensure quality development and quality of our applications and platforms.

Key job responsibilities include:

1. Lead the design and development of quality infrastructure that encourages the optimal combination of unit/component/integration and end-to-end tests.
2. Collaborate with software engineering teams, driving continuous development, integration, and deployment.
3. Work with Principal Engineers and other Senior engineers to develop best practices for software quality assurance across multiple software teams.
4. Actively participate in cross-team design reviews.
5. Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community.
6. Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and expertise.
7. Report on the status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.

The key requirement for this position is established skill in designing and developing complex, interactive customer experiences.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 6+ years experience in a test or development role as part of a product development organization delivering consumer-oriented products.
2. Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C++, Java, or Python.
3. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
4. 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.
5. Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives, and develop processes and tools as needed.
6. Knowledge of industry-standard test automation tools and experience in developing product test harnesses and instrumenting products to gather test results.
7. Experience with test-driven development and establishing unit test infrastructures.
8. Experience automating the validation of modern user interfaces and messaging infrastructures.
9. Experience with evaluating and integrating open-source and in-house developed toolsets.
10. Excellent communication skills and the ability to generate and communicate meaningful development metrics.
11. Expert in software quality and testing methodologies.
12. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment.
13. Experienced in interacting and coordinating test activities among multiple teams.

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 $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.