Software Development Engineer- SDE II

Want to be part of a dynamic start-up environment within Amazon and be at the forefront of enabling "Amazon Pay" outside of Amazon? Our team is looking for passionate, experienced software developers who can deliver high quality platform solutions that support a variety of customer and merchant use cases for enabling "Amazon Pay" for third‑party merchants.

As an engineer in Amazon Pay, you will help third‑party merchants to enable customers to pay with "Amazon Pay" on their website or stores. You will be responsible for building a best‑in‑class and frictionless payments solution and merchant experience which will help us exponentially scale while retaining our customers/merchants trust.

Developers in the team need a strong understanding of computer fundamentals and practical experience in building large‑scale distributed systems. Experience with web‑based applications and/or web services‑based applications is also helpful.

• Expertise in object‑oriented design and coding skills (Java and/or C/C++ preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
• Experience developing distributed/scalable systems and high‑volume transaction applications in a 24/7 environment.
• Web services and web application/services development experience.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world‑class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most dynamic, innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere. In addition to a stimulating working environment, Amazon offers mentoring programs, regular tech talks with principal engineers, and a variety of career paths to pursue.

Come join us we work hard, have fun and make history!

Amazon Pay, one of the fastest growing businesses of Amazon, enables e‑commerce websites to accept, and customers to utilize the payment information stored in their  accounts to pay for goods and services at sites off‑Amazon. Amazon Pay also enables customers to manage their account preferences and see their off‑Amazon transactions. Hundreds of thousands of users make millions of transactions worldwide on Amazon Pay.

We develop software at every level of the stack from front‑end user interfaces to backend server software and everything in between.

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

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Posted: December 17, 2025 (Updated about 1 hour ago)

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