Software Development Engineer, Optics

Software Development Engineer, Amazon Optics

This role can be located in Herndon, VA or Baltimore, MD.

• Own and deliver software features end-to-end across the full development lifecycle—scoping, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Identify simple, scalable designs to solve difficult technical problems using a broad range of implementation approaches.
• Design solutions for new features and improvements, making effective priority tradeoffs between feature development and operational excellence.
• Actively participate in code reviews, providing meaningful feedback to engineers at all levels, and ensure operational issues are permanently resolved at their root cause.
• Mentor teammates, train new engineers on team architecture, and collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand business value.
• Keep your skills current and identify opportunities to improve team software and processes.

A day in the life:
You might start by reviewing pull requests, then design or code a feature you own end-to-end, collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, make tradeoff decisions, troubleshoot production issues, mentor a junior engineer, document architecture, or drive discussions to resolve technical disagreements. Autonomy, ownership, and impact are constants.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below: $ – $ USD annually. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at .