Description

It’s no secret that Amazon relies on its technology to deliver millions of packages every day to its customers – on time, with low cost. Our Transportation Technology division builds software solutions that work across our vendors, warehouses, and freight carriers to optimize both time & cost of getting the packages delivered. Our services already handle thousands of requests per second, make business decisions impacting billions of dollars a year, integrate with a network of small and large carriers worldwide, manage business rules for millions of unique products, and improve ordering and delivery experience for millions of online shoppers. This is a rapidly growing business, and our technical journey has only just started. With rapid expansion into new geographies, innovations in supply chain, unique delivery models for products ranging from Fresh groceries to big-screen TV’s, an increasingly complex transportation network, and growing number of shipments worldwide, we see an amazing opportunity to fundamentally change the way people get the stuff they need, and make a big impact by cutting billions of dollars of transportation costs from the ecosystem. Our mission is to build the most efficient transportation system on the planet, using engineering muscle as our biggest advantage. We leverage cutting edge technologies in big data, machine learning, and optimization techniques, and operate high volume, low latency, and high availability services.

What will you do?

You will design and develop features end-to-end in a full-stack environment, focusing efforts in mobile and AWS applications used worldwide by Amazon's driver and carrier network. You will regularly interact with engineering and business leadership. You will participate in the planning and delivery of technology projects and operational excellence initiatives. You’ll also mentor junior engineers in employing strong design and implementation practices.

To accomplish this, you will be expected to have an established background in building maintainable software applications, great communication skills, and motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment. You should be somebody who is customer-centric and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. Experience building and operating the web services backing mobile applications, especially at massive scale, will be very valuable.

Come and see for yourself why we are one of the most admired companies in the US, rated #1 in Innovation and # 1 in Customer Service, and be part of our tradition of working hard, having fun and making history!

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.