Software Development Engineer Ii, Talent Development

• 3+ years of non-internship professional Software Development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Talent Development Journey team’s mission is to make it easier for Amazonians to build rewarding careers in Amazon’s peculiar culture. To deliver on this mission, Talent Development tech team is building a Talent Development ecosystem (TDE) which empowers human judgement, action, and interaction to make it easier to learn and grow in Amazon’s peculiar culture. TDE enables authoring high quality content, delivering personalized learning experiences, and measuring proficiencies at scale.
As a Software Development Engineer (SDE) on Talent Development, you will be responsible for the feature design, development, test, and deployment of components for a new platform for recording the learning experience of Amazon employees. As an SDE, you will be responsible for setting a high bar throughout the Software Development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing, and operations. You will collaborate closely with other software developers, data engineers, data scientists, and learning scientists.
You are familiar with (and can learn) the basic patterns of expert system pipelines. You will be working closely with education scientists and domain experts. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing distributed systems, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically.
We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA

• 3+ years of full Software Development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• 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 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.