Software Development Engineer - Supply Chain Optimization Tech (Level 5), JIT Buying

Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived, wondered how it got to you so fast? Wondered where it came from and how much it costs Amazon? If so, the Amazon Global Supply Chain Optimization organization is for you.

Watch this video to learn more about our organization, SCOT:
We are the Buying Systems team within SCOT. We work with forecast, price, inventory and other SCOT systems to compute the order quantity for amazon by running the computations through various economic models which determines how much to order. We aim to maximize supply availability that directly drive top line by improving in-stock levels and total sourcing cost reduction improving bottom line of Amazon Retail.

What will you do?

You will be partnering with research scientists, product managers and software engineers to solve complex problems and build innovative solutions to drive $100B inventory buying decisions. You will design/build scalable, distributed computing solutions. Candidate needs to have a high sense of ownership, ability to develop end to end solutions and improve customer experience. This role would expose you to solving problems of scale in the areas of data mining, machine learning algorithms and distributed systems of cloud-scale. You will be responsible for driving the teams technical direction, strategizing and shaping our long-term vision and architecture.

Key job responsibilities
Were looking for an experienced, results-oriented Software Development Engineer capable of building scalable software solutions for Inventory buying systems for Amazon. The ideal candidate will work with other engineers, product managers and research scientists to build end to end solutions solving complex business problems at scales only available at Amazon. Here, you can take your skills to a new level as you work with the most latest technologies in order to deliver solutions that will positively impact all Amazon customers

If you're excited by cloud computing and designing highly scalable, fault tolerant systems, and want to be challenged by the computer science problems, then join us.

- 3+ 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

- 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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.