Software Dev Engineer II, Quick
About The Position
The Agentic Retrieval team within Amazon Quick is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to help design, build, and operate the core retrieval infrastructure that enables users to discover and interact with their data intelligently. As an SDE II on the Agentic Retrieval team, you will participate in the full software development lifecycle — from design and implementation to operation and maintenance of highly available, large-scale distributed systems. You'll work alongside experienced engineers to solve challenging problems in information retrieval, search, and data access that directly impact how customers interact with Amazon Quick's AI-powered business intelligence platform.
Requirements
- 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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- Participate in the full software development cycle including design, implementation, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for production systems
- Design and implement scalable and reliable retrieval solutions
- Contribute to operational excellence through on-call rotations, monitoring, and incident response
- Engage in code reviews, design discussions, and team knowledge-sharing sessions
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
