Software Dev Engineer I, Japan Store Tech

Are you passionate about working on disruptive ideas? Have you built and launched new experiences on Amazon top slot of home page and search page? This is a unique opportunity that combines the ability to build exciting, new user experiences for Amazon's customers, with the opportunity to work with Big Data, Machine Learning, and other advanced techniques to provide the best personalized experience for hundreds of millions of Amazon's customers.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying large-scale data mining solutions, distributed machine learning systems, and/or modern client experiences across webpages, mobile applications, and other shopping mediums. You will collaborate closely with teams of software engineers, applied machine learning scientists, product managers, user interface designers, and others in order to influence our overall strategy, and define the team’s roadmap. You will also drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices, and develop junior engineers.

A successful candidate will have an established background in engineering large scale software systems, a strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.


About the team
Amazon’s Merchandising Automation team is a high-performing group that leverages Amazon’s expertise in machine learning, big data, and distributed systems to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We work full stack, from foundational backend systems to future-forward user interfaces. Our team’s culture is centered on rapid prototyping, rigorous experimentation, and data-driven decision-making. We care deeply about our customers, as well as the well-being and growth of our team members. We are looking for creative and innovative engineers with a similar penchant for deeply-technical problem solving and the ability to lead and deliver while upholding Amazon’s leadership principles.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
- Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis

Preferred Qualifications

- Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
- Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases

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