System Development Engineer III - AMZ17709.6

Amazon • Nashville, TN

7h

About The Position

1. Invent, develop, integrate, and migrate technologies to deliver robust and scalable internal Amazon platforms with a focus on user experience, performance, and maintainability. 2. Extend and customize the Amazon Platforms that meet our new customer's needs. 3. Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Platform Teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical deliverables. 4. Review Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) in partnership with Product and Technical Program Managers, assess technical feasibility, and ensure alignment with business and engineering goals. 5. Design and implement platform features and distributed systems using AWS Service and Salesforce. 6. Conduct technical feasibility studies and comparative analyses to identify optimal implementation approaches that improve system performance, scalability, and user experience. 7. Identify systemic problems and architect resilient solutions using reusable components and native cloud tools to reduce operational overhead and increase engineering velocity. 8. Seed and integrate AWS-native solutions that power internal applications and services across Amazon business units, promoting automation and reusability. 9. Engage with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to conceive and build innovative, secure, and fault-tolerant applications. 10. Define system architecture, select design patterns, establish coding standards, and mentor developers on best practices and technical strategy. 11. Work with Amazon engineering and business teams across global regions to plan, design, and implement new internal services. 12. Partner with senior engineers, TPMs, and product teams to continuously identify opportunities to build and launch software solutions that meet organizational goals.

Requirements

• A Master’s Degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of experience in job offered or related occupation in development in the Salesforce platform and cloud platform. In the alternative, a Bachelor’s Degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field followed by 5 progressively responsible years of experience in job offered or related occupation in development involving Salesforce and cloud platforms.
• 3 years of experience designing and developing scalable, enterprise-level applications, including both CRM-based systems and standalone cloud-native architectures.
• 2 years of minimum building experience backend and integration services on AWS, including Lambda, ECS, S3, SQS, SNS, and other infrastructure components as part of scalable microservice ecosystems.
• 3 years of experience in leading the development of custom business applications on the Salesforce platform, including architecture, performance optimization, and full-stack customization using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Experience cloud and Flows.
• 3 years of experience in troubleshooting complex production issues, optimizing system performance, and leading post-incident root cause analyses across integrated platforms.
• 3 years of experience building and integrating RESTful APIs and event-driven services between distributed systems, including secure authentication and real-time data synchronization.
• 3 years of experience designing scalable infrastructure and data models, with expertise in schema design, platform permissioning, and reusability across systems.
• 3 years of experience in cross-platform architecture and solution design, using cloud-native technologies and reusable patterns to modernize legacy services.
• 3 years of experience working with globally distributed engineering and product teams, leading technical discussions and translating complex requirements into engineering deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Invent, develop, integrate, and migrate technologies to deliver robust and scalable internal Amazon platforms with a focus on user experience, performance, and maintainability.
• Extend and customize the Amazon Platforms that meet our new customer's needs.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Platform Teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical deliverables.
• Review Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) in partnership with Product and Technical Program Managers, assess technical feasibility, and ensure alignment with business and engineering goals.
• Design and implement platform features and distributed systems using AWS Service and Salesforce.
• Conduct technical feasibility studies and comparative analyses to identify optimal implementation approaches that improve system performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Identify systemic problems and architect resilient solutions using reusable components and native cloud tools to reduce operational overhead and increase engineering velocity.
• Seed and integrate AWS-native solutions that power internal applications and services across Amazon business units, promoting automation and reusability.
• Engage with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to conceive and build innovative, secure, and fault-tolerant applications.
• Define system architecture, select design patterns, establish coding standards, and mentor developers on best practices and technical strategy.
• Work with Amazon engineering and business teams across global regions to plan, design, and implement new internal services.
• Partner with senior engineers, TPMs, and product teams to continuously identify opportunities to build and launch software solutions that meet organizational goals.

Benefits

• A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees