Software Development Engineer, WW Reference Pricing

The WW Reference Pricing team at Amazon is responsible for a critical component of Amazon's pricing strategy, managing strike-through prices and low price messages across both online and physical stores worldwide. This role offers an opportunity to work on high-scale systems that process millions of transactions per second and impact customer purchasing decisions across Amazon's global platform.

The team builds and maintains systems that serve pricing data to customer-facing applications, handling massive transaction volumes and daily price updates for millions of products. The position requires expertise in building scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures, with opportunities to work with technologies like Java, Scala, Python, and NodeJS.

As a Software Development Engineer, you'll be tackling complex technical challenges in simplifying and innovating pricing systems. The role offers significant ownership and impact potential, as pricing is one of Amazon's key strategic areas. The team values strong problem-solving skills and encourages the adoption of new technologies, including machine learning when appropriate.

The position combines technical depth with business impact, requiring both strong engineering skills and the ability to understand and translate business requirements. Amazon offers a collaborative environment focused on career development, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies and solve complex problems at scale.

This role is ideal for engineers who want to make a direct impact on customer experience through pricing technology, while working in a fast-paced environment that values innovation and technical excellence. The position offers competitive compensation, including base pay ranging from $129,300 to $223,600 depending on location, plus equity and comprehensive benefits.