Amazon Software Development Engineer 

India, Telangana, Hyderabad 

157028622

Why You'll Love This Role:• Work on fast paced technology that interfaces with major carriers, customs authorities, and trade partners worldwide
• Impact billions of dollars in international trade flows while ensuring compliance and optimizing costs
• Drive technical decisions that affect Amazon's global seller ecosystem
• Collaborate with talented engineers across multiple geographies and domainsWhat You'll Do:
• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable systems that power Amazon's customs clearance and trade compliance platform
• Build real-time integration solutions with multiple carriers and customs authorities
• Architect solutions that handle complex trade regulations and compliance requirements across different countries
• Lead technical initiatives from concept to launch, working closely with product and business teams
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team's technical excellenceTechnical Scope:
• Build distributed systems handling 1000s of transactions per second with sub-second latency requirements
• Work with modern tech stack including Java, AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS)
• Design event-driven architectures for real-time processing of customs declarations
• Implement machine learning solutions for automated classification and compliance verification
• Create resilient systems with 99.99% availability requirementsKey job responsibilities
Core Technical Responsibilities:
• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems for customs and trade processing
• Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with comprehensive test coverage
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems
• Conduct code reviews and ensure technical excellenceSystem Development & Integration:
• Build and maintain APIs for integration with multiple carrier systems
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems for business-critical operations
• Design API models and validations for complex trade and customs informationTechnical Leadership:
• Drive technical decisions for major features and architectural improvements
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance
• Collaborate with product managers
• Break down complex projects into manageable deliverablesOperational Excellence:
• Ensure system reliability and performance meets SLA requirements
• Optimize system performance and cost efficiency
• Implement logging and monitoring solutions for operational visibility
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
• Create and maintain technical documentationCross-team Collaboration:
• Work with business teams to understand compliance requirements
• Coordinate with other Amazon teams for system integration
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Participate in inter-team design reviews and architecture discussions

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 2+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

- 2+ years of building complex software systems experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design