Software Dev Engineer II, ITA Assessments, Amazon Assessments

• 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

Come be part of a team that will directly shape and influence the future growth of Amazon. The Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) and Assessments Engineering team is responsible for delivering an industry leading candidate experience; developing, building, and innovating, global, scalable technology recruiting solutions that are cutting-edge, powerful and science based. This team and technologies are a critical component in Amazon’s continued growth and launching of new products and services.

Key job responsibilities

• Work through all phases of the project lifecycle, including reviewing requirements, designing services that lay foundation for the new technology platform, build new interfaces and also integrate with existing architectures, developing and testing code, and delivering seamless implementations for Global customers.
• Evaluate and utilize AWS technologies where appropriate, such as EC2, RDS/DynamoDB/RedShift, to design and build scalable backend web services and customer facing APIs.
• Possess knowledge and skills in building highly interactive interfaces using modern technologies i.e. JavaScript, Typescript, Module Federation, React & React Native.
• Deeply understand and work with variety of developer tools across the spectrum of Software development lifecycle.
• Design products that scale to meet demand.
• Combine the best of internal and external services, and grow to meet the complex needs of your customers.
• Enjoy solving problems that will take you beyond your technical abilities.
• Work well in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies, and can bring flexibility, speed and quality to this team.
• Build iteratively using agile methodologies.

A day in the life

Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to develop, design, and bring to market innovative services design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry. Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to cutting edge technologies at incredible scale and speed. Build distributed solutions that provide candidates with a seamless experience along their assessment journey.

About the team

Amazon Assessments Orchestration, part of Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA), is building a microservices-based serverless architecture to orchestrate online assessments between the various applicant tracking systems and in-house and third-party assessment vendors. Our mission is to improve candidate experience by providing a consistent low-latency, zero downtime, secure and error-free journey into and out of assessments.

• 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, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter.

The base salary for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.