Software Development Engineer, Shipment Optimization, Shipment Optimization

Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and wondered how it got to you so fast? Did you ever think about where this package came from and how much it cost to deliver?
Join us in revolutionizing Amazon's transportation network as we build real-time, intelligent, and fully automated systems that optimize package delivery across the world's most complex logistics network. As Amazon expands globally, your work will directly impact millions of customers worldwide, set new standards for online shopping experience, and drive innovation in the transportation industry through intelligent automation and AI-driven solutions.
In this role, you'll tackle complex problems involving design and implementation of highly scalable distributed systems, optimization of data storage systems, and Big Data analytics. .
We're seeking an experienced technical leader with a proven track record in building highly-scalable, cloud-based distributed services with millisecond latency requirements. You should have deep expertise in Service Oriented Architecture, microservices, and both relational and non-relational databases. Experience in mentoring other engineers in the team, driving technical strategy, and delivering large-scale projects is essential.
You'll thrive in this role if you excel at breaking down complex problems into simple solutions, have strong object-oriented design expertise, and can effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
About the team
We are the Amazon Shipment Optimization organization. Our vision is to build a real-time, intelligent, and intuitive "hands off the wheel" fully automated system to model Amazon's complex transportation network. This network processes millions of requests per second to determine guaranteed delivery dates and optimal transportation paths, managing billions of attributes including warehouses, routes, time windows, and costs. Our Transportation Optimization systems make critical decisions that impact billions of dollars annually, setting new standards for online shopping experience.
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
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