Software Development Engineer II
Track this application
Get Started FreeMatch score against your CV
Get Started FreeTailor your resume to this job
Get Started FreeAbout interviewing at Amazon
Recruiter screen and (for most SDE roles) an online assessment, one technical phone screen, then a single-day interview loop of four to six 45–60 minute sessions mixing coding, system design, and Leadership-Principle behavioral rounds. A Bar Raiser from outside the hiring team joins the loop and can veto the hire.
Read the full Amazon interview process →Description
Sales Abuse Prevention (SAP) vision is to make Amazon the safest and most trustworthy store for our buyers, brands, and selling partners. Integrity in our store is self-evident, abuse is deterred by ensuring it never impact customers, and ensures trust in every transaction. Our engineering teams build and maintain high-throughput and low latency abuse detection and preventions systems that process over 1B transaction daily, focusing on building scalable detection and fraud prevention systems
A day in the life
Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, build and bring innovative products and services to market. Architecting globally distributed systems with emphasis on scalability and reliability. This includes experience with cross-regional data consistency, cache invalidation strategies, and distributed transaction management. You should be well-versed in designing fault-tolerant systems that maintain high availability across multiple regions while handling complex state management. Good background in security protocols and identity management systems is essential, as is experience with event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns. Additionally, you should be comfortable with modern DevOps practices and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for large-scale distributed systems.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
A day in the life
Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, build and bring innovative products and services to market. Architecting globally distributed systems with emphasis on scalability and reliability. This includes experience with cross-regional data consistency, cache invalidation strategies, and distributed transaction management. You should be well-versed in designing fault-tolerant systems that maintain high availability across multiple regions while handling complex state management. Good background in security protocols and identity management systems is essential, as is experience with event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns. Additionally, you should be comfortable with modern DevOps practices and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for large-scale distributed systems.
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
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) 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
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
More engineering roles at Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Ads Agentic SolutionsNew
Amazon·Seattle·$144K - $194K
Software Development Engineer, AWS OpenSearchNew
Amazon·Austin·$144K - $194K
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Security: ASCOT EngineeringNew
Amazon·Herndon·$144K - $194K
Principal Engagement Manager , Professional Services, HCLSNew
Amazon·Arlington·$210K - $284K
パートナーソリューションアーキテクト / Partner Solutions Architect (SI)New
Amazon·Japan