Software Development Engineer II, Optimal Inventory Health

Amazon•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

Join Amazon's Optimal Inventory Health (OIH) team, where we manage worldwide retail inventory through innovative ML solutions. Our team develops sophisticated algorithms/models to optimize inventory decisions, maximizing recovery value through strategic actions like pricing discount, Deals and to-business removal channels such as Returns, Liquidation and Donation. We're seeking a Software Development Engineer II to help shape the future of inventory management. You'll work on challenging problems at massive scale, implementing solutions that directly impact Amazon's operational efficiency.

Requirements

3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Nice To Haves

Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution

Responsibilities

Deliver software features and improvements to major portions of your team's software, including new development, refactoring, and deprecation work
Design software solutions to enable new features or improve software with guidance from team leadership on long-term architectural strategy
Coach others on producing high-quality code through processes such as code reviews
Work on difficult problems with visible risks or roadblocks, bringing clarity and identifying simple designs for solutions
Document what your team's software does; how it is constructed, tested, and operated; how secure it is; and how it fits into the bigger picture
Train new team members on how software is constructed, operates, and fits into the bigger picture
Ensure that when software fails, the root cause is identified and eliminated with a permanent fix
Work with customers, stakeholders, and peers to understand business and customer value to ensure you deliver the right solutions
Effectively make priority tradeoffs between new feature development and operational work
Demonstrate operational excellence in all of your work
Significant contributor to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, testing, deployment, and maintenance
Active in operational support for your team, identifying and resolving root causes of operational issues
Active in code review process, providing meaningful feedback to others, including more senior engineers
Balance customer requirements with team requirements
Take on projects where the business problem and technology strategy are well understood but implementations need to be fleshed out
Mentor and help develop others; participate in recruiting and interviewing for your team