Sr. SDE, FinTech Recon Platform

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Job summary
Are you interested in building high-performance, scalable Financial systems that support Amazon’s current and future growth? Are you looking for an opportunity to build a highly available, large scale, enterprise-wide software solutions? Does it excite you to find patterns and build generic, composable software solutions to solve complex big data problems? Are you looking for ways to invent newer and simpler ways of building solutions? Do you have a passion for ensuring a positive customer experience? If so, we are looking for you to fill a challenging position in Amazon Finance Technology team.

Amazon Financial Technology Team is looking for a results-oriented software development engineer, who can help us create the next generation of distributed, scalable financial systems. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts that are typically being defined in real-time. We need someone to design and develop services that facilitate global financial transactions worth billions (USD) annually.

As a Senior Engineer, you will play a leading role in the architecture, design, implementation and deployment of large-scale and complex software systems. 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 customer. 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 the technical decisions in the broader organization as well as mentor other engineers in the team.

Key job responsibilities
Primary role is a full stack senior software engineer designing and building user-friendly and intuitive applications, build big data systems that crunch TB scale of data to automate accounting processes.

Drive best practices and engineering excellence.

Development of code in Java, Scala using Spark, query languages (SQL), scripting languages (Python).

Analyze and solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context

Respond to high priority requests from senior business leaders.

Continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service support.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Strong grasp of Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience with large scale distributed systems
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience with Hadoop ecosystem
• Experience building complex, highly scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with Agile software development in a UNIX/Linux environment

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

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