COMPLETE Software Development Engineer III, High Volume Hiring - Day-1 Prep - Arlington

Job Description

Our team and technology are responsible for creating hiring solutions for millions of applicants and future Amazonians that will help Amazon stay customer obsessed. We create global solutions that not only scale up in volume, but also handle the complexity of diverse workflows and country specific rules/regulations. If you have the drive, tenacity, an entrepreneurial spirit, and most importantly the day 1 spark to take on ambiguous problems head on, in a fast-paced environment, this is the place for you!

Key job responsibilities
High Volume Hiring (HVH) builds solutions that enable Amazon to hire the global, shift-based workforce it needs to deliver on behalf of customers. Our services are designed to get the right people into the right roles as fast and as efficiently as possible.

Amazon’s operations are driven by dynamic consumer demand. HVH enables Amazon to rapidly customize, deploy, and advertise jobs and schedules that compel candidate engagement.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will drive the development of services and assets for a global solution that will be used by millions of applicants aspiring to work at Amazon. You will own automation of business processes using proven as well as evolving AWS services and other technologies to create a friction free customer experience. Your tier-one services will have highest standards and be available 24x7, scale under massive load, and perform consistently.
In this role you will -
· Be a technical leader that is not afraid to challenge the norms and innovate.
· Execute against project plans and delivery commitments.
· Develop relationships with internal and external partner teams to move fast.
· Help establish the long-term success strategy for your systems, development best practices, and operational excellence processes.
· Collaborate with peers to ensure your strategies are in alignment with the rest of the development teams.
· Develop junior and new team members by mentoring them on multiple fronts.

We want you if -
· You strive to build highly available, scalable, and performant tier-one services to power responsive, intuitive, and sleek experiences for customers.
· You have high standards and drive a culture of excellence, grow and mature a young team to take them to the next level.
· You are an excellent communicator, both verbal and written, and equally adept at communicating upwards and downwards.
· You are curious, love problem-solving, diving deep, collect data to make well informed decisions, but use sound judgement in the face of insufficient data.
· You follow the latest technologies and motivate your teams to innovate.
· You have strong leadership qualities, and a track record of delivering great solutions.

Key job responsibilities
· Design and deliver solutions for stories
· Write automated tests
· Analyze operational data to identify opportunities to improve system
· Keep abreast of best practices and new technologies
· Collaborate across teams for complex defect resolution

A day in the life
Design and deliver solutions from user stories
Write automated tests
Analyze operational data to identify opportunities to improve system
Keep abreast of best practices and new technologies
Collaborate across teams for complex defect resolution

About the team
We are a team of 6 - 8 engineers who work together to design and deliver a system that enables candidates who wants to work for Amazon to find a job.
We are very focused on ensuring that we enable a great candidate experience.
Our customers are the candidates themselves who we help through the hiring process.
We also work directly with the internal workforce staffing team, data scientists, and other hiring systems to ensure a great candidate experience.
We find new ways to use automation to help the hiring process move faster, smoother, and smarter.

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

Arlington, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications:

- 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

Preferred Qualifications:

- 5+ 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.