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Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Core Platform

Amazon · Seattle, Washington, USA · On-site

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About Amazon

Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Madrona.

About the role

As a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon, you will design, build, and operate large-scale, high-availability systems that serve millions of customers. You own components and features end-to-end — from design through implementation, testing, deployment, and operations — and you raise the technical bar for your team through high-quality code, thoughtful design, and strong engineering practices.

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Overview

As a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon, you will design, build, and operate large-scale, high-availability systems that serve millions of customers. You own components and features end-to-end — from design through implementation, testing, deployment, and operations — and you raise the technical bar for your team through high-quality code, thoughtful design, and strong engineering practices. SDE IIs operate with significant autonomy on well-scoped problems and are trusted to deliver complex features with limited oversight.

Key job responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable software systems and services.
  • Own the delivery of medium-to-large features or components, breaking ambiguous problems into well-defined tasks and driving them to completion.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable, well-tested code and clear technical documentation and design docs.
  • Participate in and contribute to design and code reviews, improving quality and consistency across the team.
  • Operate what you build: monitor service health, respond to operational events, participate in on-call, and drive down operational load through automation and...

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