Software Dev Engineer - Test, Digital Acceleration

Amazon Digital Acceleration (DA) is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our team of Senior SDET’s and Principle Engineers in building highly visible, robust automation tools and framework to tackle hard‑to‑solve problems. DA enables Amazon device and subscription businesses to innovate faster and deliver more for customers while ensuring reliability, scale, security and cost efficiency by building services and tools that are self‑serviceable and configurable.

We are looking for a SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to help architect, design, build, and test improvements to mission critical systems that power customer subscriptions  Digital commerce team handles the complexities of managing all digital subscriptions across Amazon, including Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, Audible, Music, and Video, using the latest in high‑availability services and distributed systems.

• A strong background in algorithms, data structures, Java, and databases both SQL and No
  
  SQL.
• The ability to communicate clearly and concisely (both written and orally) and work well in a team.
• Quickly adapt to new development environments, learn new systems, create reliable and maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems.
• Experience working with high‑traffic, scalable services is a plus.

As a QA champion on the engineering team, you will own major deliverables at all phases of the development cycle: scoping, design, coding and testing using an agile process. You’ll write and implement test plans that root out bugs and design flaws in our systems so that we can resolve them before they make it to production. You’ll build frameworks that allow the team to write reliable, targeted, and extensible tests to support a fast‑growing feature set in our Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA).

You’ll also collaborate with other teams throughout Amazon to flesh out cross‑team requirements and designs. You’ll recommend the best designs based on business objectives, timeline, and resource constraints.

Amazon Digital Acceleration powers ordering, subscriptions, and device management for Prime, Amazon Video, Music, Audible, Alexa, and Kindle, amongst other digital businesses. We process billions of digital purchases every year and enable our digital businesses to grow worldwide. We are on a mission to be earth's best provider of one‑time and recurring digital commerce, delivering a seamless and enjoyable post‑purchase customer experience.

• 2+ years of non‑internship professional software development testing experience.
• 1+ years of test automation frameworks and tool building experience.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object‑oriented design.
• Experience in penetration testing and exploitability‑focused vulnerability assessment.
• Experience in platform‑level security mitigations and hardening for Linux and Windows.
• Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance in a database environment.
• Experience with security in service‑oriented architectures and web services.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300 per year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600 per year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits. For more information, please visit  This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.