Do you want to solve real customer problems through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on scalable services in a collaborative team environment? Do you want to see your code directly impact millions of customers worldwide? At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. Customer obsession is part of our company DNA, which has made us one of the world's most beloved brands. Our Software Development Engineers (SD - Es) use modern technology to solve complex problems while seeing their work's impact first-hand. The challenges SD - Es solve at Amazon are meaningful and influence millions of customers, sellers, and products globally. We seek individuals passionate about creating new products, features, and services while managing ambiguity in an environment where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years. Key job responsibilities- Own team-level architecture and design for a major product area; deliver features spanning the full software lifecycle- Solve complex problems with multiple constraints; apply judgment in trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term maintainability- Partner with product, science, and cross-team engineering on specification, decision modeling, and integration contracts- Lead design reviews and provide constructive direction on code and design to engineers at multiple levels- Drive cross-team coordination and ensure the team's product integrates cleanly with upstream and downstream systems. Basic Qualifications- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team. Preferred Qualifications- 5 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.