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About Amazon Inc
Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing
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Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo joins the Amazon Leo team to build the backend-for-frontend layer for a global e-commerce experience serving Internet Service Provider customers. This role involves designing and building backend gateway APIs in Java to orchestrate complex requests across downstream systems including ordering, payments, billing, equipment, and network provisioning. You will handle distributed system challenges like partial failures, retries, and timeouts while translating between different service models to ensure high reliability and low latency. The work involves moving from ambiguous problems to working products, utilizing agentic development workflows, generative AI tools, and AWS native services. Key responsibilities include full development lifecycle ownership, code reviews, and collaborating with frontend and product teams to expand services into new countries for satellite internet operations.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $169050 from 129 postings across 6 companies.
Design and build backend gateway APIs in Java to route and orchestrate requests across downstream services.
Integrate with ordering, payments, billing, and network provisioning systems by calling APIs and mapping data models.
Manage distributed system complexities including partial failures, retries, timeouts, and error translation.
Maintain high latency and reliability standards across multiple moving parts and dependencies.
Use agentic development workflows and generative AI tools to deliver features and improve systems with AWS native services.
Review code and coach teammates on service integration patterns and well-tested code.
Document software and train new team members on building, testing, and operating the system.
What we're looking for
Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum.
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
3+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
3+ years of programming experience using a modern language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design.
Experience testing back end services.
5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle (preferred).
2+ years of experience contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (preferred).
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Object Oriented Design
Source Control Management
Design Patterns
Software Development Life Cycle
Testing
Build Processes