Sr Software Development Engineer (L6), AZA Team

The AZA Team is responsible for A to Z Assistant (AZA), an AI-powered virtual assistant designed to help Amazon employees find information and complete tasks more efficiently, freeing up time to focus on serving customers. With AZA, we are building on our search improvements and making it faster and easier than ever to get answers and complete tasks. Using natural language, employees simply ask AZA for what they need or are trying to do.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer (L6) on the team, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and launch of some of the core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems.

This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high-quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture, design, development, and launch of core product features
• Influence overall strategy and define product features
• Drive system architecture and spearhead best practices
• Deliver high-quality technology products/services in a fast-paced environment

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon offers a competitive compensation package, including:

• Base pay range: $151,300/year to $261,500/year (varies based on geographic market)
• Equity and sign-on payments may be offered
• Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits

Amazon is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.