Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Tax Services

Join Amazon Tax Platform Services to work on one of the world's largest transactional distributed systems. This team is responsible for the tax platform that calculates taxes (sales tax and VAT) for all Amazon sales globally and generates tax invoices. The role involves building highly scalable and reliable systems that process thousands of calculations per second with perfect accuracy. You'll be working with complex, ever-changing global tax rates and laws while managing hundreds of millions of records and responding to millions of service requests per minute.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll contribute to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from design to operations. The position requires strong technical skills, excellent communication abilities, and the capacity to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with talented peers. The team operates in a Java, Linux, and Oracle-based environment, building mission-critical systems that handle extreme loads.

This is an opportunity to work with customers and peers across Amazon's entire business spectrum, developing new features and ensuring tax compliance globally. You'll be responsible for maintaining audit records, meeting tax law requirements, and ensuring customers receive accurate tax calculations at order time. The role combines technical challenges with business-critical functionality, making it perfect for engineers who enjoy both system architecture and solving complex business problems.

The position offers the chance to work in an agile, startup-like environment where priorities are clear and impact is direct. You'll be part of a team that values technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration, working on systems that directly affect Amazon's global operations and customer experience.