Youth Apprentice, Software Development, Amazon JumpStart

Amazon JumpStart is a youth apprenticeship program that offers high school students part-time employment at Amazon's Arlington-HQ2 corporate office. This paid opportunity is available to students from participating school districts in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region. Apprentices work after school Monday-Thursday, up to 16 hours per week, typically between 2:00pm-6:00pm ET.

As a Software Development Engineer (SDE) Youth Apprentice, you will:

• Write real software and collaborate with experienced SDEs on real-world projects
• Be matched with a manager and mentor
• Influence Amazon technology and lead critical projects
• Contribute to areas such as distributed systems, data mining, automation, optimization, scalability, and security
• Engage with Amazonians for personal and professional development
• Expand your network and participate in activities with other apprentices

Key responsibilities may include:

• Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to design and bring innovative products to market
• Building distributed storage, index, and query systems
• Designing and coding solutions for broadly defined problems
• Working in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software
• Attending weekly stand-up meetings with software development teams
• Learning or reinforcing coding languages for web development, mobile apps, or client-interfacing mechanisms
• Leveraging internal Amazon tools and AWS Cloud services

The program is designed to accelerate both education and career success, offering flexibility for college-bound students and various options for future career paths.

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently working towards a High School Degree with expected graduation between May 2025 and May 2026
• Attending a high school participating in CareerWise D.C./CityWorks DC apprenticeship programming model
• Ability to work 16 hours per week after school hours

Preferred Qualifications (at least two of the following):

• Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python, C++, CSS, Java, JavaScript, HTML, C#
• Completion of at least one foundational course in Computer Science
• Programming experience or extra-curricular activities demonstrating interest/aptitude in coding

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