Sr. Software Development Engineer, GFT, Corporate FP&A
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Are you excited about building highly scalable services & infrastructure using AWS technologies? Do you love to conceptualize and build applications from the ground-up? Interested in being part of GFT's vision to eliminate manual burden and accelerate the decision making process for Finance teams across Amazon? If yes, this might be the right opportunity for you.
We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer, who can drive appropriate technology choices, lead the way for continuous innovation, and shape the future of our software applications. You will build services to help enable Finance teams to access information quickly and make decisions that impact Amazon. You will be interacting with data engineers, product managers, UX designers and front end engineers to understand the key requirements, lead the design and development of software services. This is a great opportunity for anyone to own the architecture and development from its very initial stage.
Key job responsibilities
- Leads complex and ambiguous business problems. Strategize on build solutions and able to deliver independently with limited guidance.
- Advise peers, manager and PMTs on large software projects and is able to collaborate and work with SDEs on multiple projects. Is able to actively mentor junior SDEs.
- Lead large projects to completions, divide work amongst SDEs such that it can be worked in parallel and reassembled into a cohesive launch.
- Mitigates risks and make technical trade-offs between short-term vs. long-term technology needs, e.g., business need vs. operations need. Finds a path forward in difficult situations.
- Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies. e.g. performance/scaling problems etc.
- Write documentation for software and provide guidance to junior SDEs. Leads projects to streamline team processes.
- Creates mechanisms to reduce churn on implementation
- Leads in code reviews, team planning and metrics reviews.
A day in the life
- Work with PMT's to understand customer pain points and lead high level design decisions
- Create HLD and lead other engineers on the team to build detailed component level designs
- Review designs and code to raise the quality bar for the team
- Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to the team's technical strategy
About the team
GFT team is a cross functional engineering team within Corp FP&A. On our team, we enjoy a unique vantage point into everything happening within Amazon. As part of that, this role would be part of a team that is responsible for Company's enterprise-wide financial planning & analytics environment. The data flowing through our platform directly contributes to decision-making by our CFO and all levels of finance leadership. If you're passionate about building tools that enhance productivity, improve financial accuracy, reduce waste, and improve work-life harmony for a large and rapidly growing finance user base, come join us!
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 ;br>
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer, who can drive appropriate technology choices, lead the way for continuous innovation, and shape the future of our software applications. You will build services to help enable Finance teams to access information quickly and make decisions that impact Amazon. You will be interacting with data engineers, product managers, UX designers and front end engineers to understand the key requirements, lead the design and development of software services. This is a great opportunity for anyone to own the architecture and development from its very initial stage.
Key job responsibilities
- Leads complex and ambiguous business problems. Strategize on build solutions and able to deliver independently with limited guidance.
- Advise peers, manager and PMTs on large software projects and is able to collaborate and work with SDEs on multiple projects. Is able to actively mentor junior SDEs.
- Lead large projects to completions, divide work amongst SDEs such that it can be worked in parallel and reassembled into a cohesive launch.
- Mitigates risks and make technical trade-offs between short-term vs. long-term technology needs, e.g., business need vs. operations need. Finds a path forward in difficult situations.
- Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies. e.g. performance/scaling problems etc.
- Write documentation for software and provide guidance to junior SDEs. Leads projects to streamline team processes.
- Creates mechanisms to reduce churn on implementation
- Leads in code reviews, team planning and metrics reviews.
A day in the life
- Work with PMT's to understand customer pain points and lead high level design decisions
- Create HLD and lead other engineers on the team to build detailed component level designs
- Review designs and code to raise the quality bar for the team
- Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to the team's technical strategy
About the team
GFT team is a cross functional engineering team within Corp FP&A. On our team, we enjoy a unique vantage point into everything happening within Amazon. As part of that, this role would be part of a team that is responsible for Company's enterprise-wide financial planning & analytics environment. The data flowing through our platform directly contributes to decision-making by our CFO and all levels of finance leadership. If you're passionate about building tools that enhance productivity, improve financial accuracy, reduce waste, and improve work-life harmony for a large and rapidly growing finance user base, come join us!
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 ;br>
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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