Software Development Engineer - FinTech

Description

• Amazon's Financial Technology team is looking for passionate, results-oriented, inventive software development engineers who can work on massively scalable and distributed systems.
• The candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, understands how to deal with large sets of data and transactions, and will help us deliver on a new generation of software, leveraging Amazon Web Services.
• The candidate is passionate about technology and wants to be involved with real business problems.
• Our platform serves Amazon's finance, tax, and accounting functions across the globe.
• As a member of this team, your mission will be to design, develop, document, and support massively scalable, distributed real-time systems.
• Using C++, Python, Java, Object Oriented Design Patterns, Distributed Databases, and other innovative storage techniques, you will build and deliver software systems that support complex and rapidly evolving business requirements.
• We're looking for individuals with a range of experience, from brilliant and motivated new college graduates to technical leaders with the scars and battle-tested wisdom.
• If you can think big and want to join a fast-moving team breaking new ground at Amazon, and you meet the qualifications below, we would like to speak with you!

Basic Qualifications 

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 0-2 years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Solid understanding of UNIX or Linux concepts
• Good understanding of networking concepts
• Great understanding of database (SQL vs NoSQL) theory
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Obsession with quality and customer experience
• Attention to detail coupled with the ability to think abstractly
• Prior leadership experience is not required, but definitely a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with building and supporting real-time high-volume production systems - Messaging (JMS etc.) - XML and Web Service concepts
• Any HTML scripting language (JSP, ASP, PHP, etc.) - Python/RoR/Scala
• Master's in Computer Science