Systems Development Engineer, Tech SC Product & Portfolio Engineering

Amazon•Austin, TX

About The Position

Ready to solve challenging problems at global scale? Join Amazon's Tech Supply Chain team as a Systems Development Engineer to build innovative Gen-AI powered solutions for critical supply chain systems & problems. Design and implement scalable, distributed systems supporting Amazon's global supply chain operations. Write high-quality, production-ready code for unified platforms consolidating multiple ordering channels, real-time validation services, and workflow automation systems. Build data ingestion engines, financial tracking services, and role-based access control frameworks. Own end-to-end system design—from defining APIs and data models to selecting appropriate AWS services and ensuring operational excellence. Contribute to technical decisions balancing system reliability, performance, and feature velocity while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Start your day reviewing system metrics and addressing any overnight alerts. Join design discussions with engineering teams to plan new platform capabilities. Spend the core of your day writing code—building validation engines, optimizing data ingestion pipelines, and implementing scalable services. Participate in code reviews, sharing feedback and learning from peers. Work with product managers to understand feature priorities and translate business requirements into clean, well-designed technical solutions. Debug production issues using distributed tracing and monitoring tools. Contribute to design reviews, proposing system design improvements and evaluating trade-offs. End your day writing unit tests, refining your code, and planning tomorrow's sprint work. Join Tech Supply Chain's Product & Portfolio engineering team building technology powering Amazon's global operations. Work alongside product managers, program managers, UX designers, and business analysts delivering unified platforms that consolidate ordering channels, automate workflows, and provide real-time financial tracking. Collaborate with teams across Amazon integrating with enterprise systems and AWS services. Influence technical direction while solving complex distributed systems challenges at unprecedented scale. Grow your career in a fast-paced environment valuing innovation, operational excellence, and customer obsession.

Requirements

Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
Experience with Linux/Unix
Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with distributed systems at scale

Responsibilities

Design and build distributed micro-services handling millions of transactions daily with 99.99% uptime SLAs
Develop and implement unified platforms consolidating legacy systems into single customer interfaces
Write production-ready code for real-time validation services with sub-second response times
Build scalable data ingestion engines supporting multiple formats with guardrail-based validation
Implement workflow automation systems with configurable approval routing and SLA tracking
Optimize database queries and caching strategies ensuring sub-100ms response times for critical paths
Develop event-driven solutions using AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS)
Write high-quality, well-tested code for platform components and integration patterns
Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and maintaining code quality standards
Contribute to system design discussions, proposing solutions for scalability and reliability challenges
Collaborate with product managers translating business requirements into technical solutions
Support incident response and root cause analysis for production systems
Implement versioned planning systems with controlled modification workflows
Build financial tracking services displaying real-time budget data
Develop audit trail infrastructure supporting compliance requirements
Create role-based access control managing granular user permissions
Integrate with enterprise systems ensuring data consistency across distributed platforms