What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Dev Engineer, Finance Technology position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Are you passionate about solving complex problems with innovative solutions?
Are you curious about how technologies influence the finance world today and the next decade?
Are you interested in experimenting, building, and operating high-performance, globally scalable systems that support Amazon's current and future growth?
Does working closely with customers to drive innovation excite you?
If so, Amazon Finance Technology (FinTech) is for you!
Amazon FinTech is an organization where people, technology and innovation come together to build products and solve problems for Amazon at Amazon’s scale. Technology solutions and services we build enable Amazon’s new business growth, provide operational efficiency through automation, compliance with regulations and analysis of financial data. Through our products, we provide Amazon competitive advantages and insights into business operations using state-of-the-art technologies.
We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer for FinTech Payments Team. FinTech Payments owns the technical platform responsible for billions of dollars of payments each month to Amazon vendors across the globe. We build and ultiize services and applications using AWS and other cutting edge technologies while providing full visibility into the transactions using static and machine learning models. We partner with financial institutions and other Amazon teams to leverage the best in class features that the banks and finance technology companies have to offer. We delight our vendors by paying them when they want and how they want. We build software Applications that facilitate global financial transactions worth billions (USD) annually that rival the complexity and scope of dedicated payments fin-tech companies. The systems we build enable us to provide a wide variety of payments including real time payments, email, wires and international cross-border FX payments. Our technology also provides end to end payment tracking, bank account validation and payee communication. If you are passionate about moving real money, paying people on time, innovating payments, using the latest and greatest technologies to help scale a system with 100% up-time, we have the opportunity for you!
As a Software Development Engineer, you will play a leading role in the architecture, design, implementation and deployment of large-scale and complex software systems. You will be an owner and work backwards from what customers need. You will learn and explore new possibilities and leverage your experience to deliver innovative solutions to challenging problems. You will communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customers. You enjoy collaborating with others to increase the effectiveness of the overall team. Your code, design, and implementation decisions should set a great example to other engineers. You will also have the opportunity to impact technical decisions in the broader organization as well as mentor other engineers in the team.
Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Deliver a Best-in-Class customer experience by continuously improving platform, code and services that enable supplier payments
- Build software to enable Global/World wide Vendor Payments including real-time and other cutting edge payments services
- Build services/integration for Financial Applications.
- Design and Develop Best integration patterns for our system. Leverage and integrate with different tools, technologies and products with in Amazon to reduce payments operational cost and enhance customer experience
- Partner directly with other Software Development Engineers (SDEs), Technical Program Managers, Functional Analysts, Business partners and Customers to understand features and continuously identify opportunities to build and deploy software solutions
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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 $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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $129,300 - $223,600
