Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Software Development, Cloud Computing
SoftwareDevEngineerII
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“Software Dev Engineer II at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: Retrieval systems, Distributed systems, Information retrieval. Participate in software development cycle. Design retrieval infrastructure”
Industry & Context.
On-call rotations, Incident response
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years software development experience, 2+ years system design/architecture, 1+ years software development engineer experience, 1+ years large-scale software development, 1+ years Object Oriented Design experience, Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, Programming with at least one language
Nice to Have
3+ years full SDLC experience, Experience with coding standards, Experience with code reviews, Experience with source control management, Experience with build processes, Experience with testing, Experience with operations
What You'll Do.
Participate in software development cycle
Design retrieval infrastructure
Build retrieval infrastructure
Operate retrieval infrastructure
Write maintainable code
Write well-tested code
Design scalable retrieval solutions
Implement scalable retrieval solutions
Design reliable retrieval solutions
Implement reliable retrieval solutions
Contribute to operational excellence
Engage in code reviews
Engage in design discussions
Engage in team knowledge-sharing
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work alongside experienced engineers; Team knowledge-sharing sessions
Full Job Description
Are you passionate about building the foundational retrieval systems that power AI-driven experiences at scale? The Agentic Retrieval team within Amazon Quick is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to help design, build, and operate the core retrieval infrastructure that enables our users to discover and interact with their data intelligently. As an SDE II on the Agentic Retrieval team, you will participate in the full software development lifecycle — from design and implementation to operation and maintenance of highly available, large-scale distributed systems. You'll work alongside experienced engineers to solve challenging problems in information retrieval, search, and data access that directly impact how customers interact with Amazon Quick's AI-powered business intelligence platform. Key job responsibilities - Participate in the full software development cycle including design, implementation, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance - Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for production systems - Design and implement scalable and reliable retrieval solutions - Contribute to operational excellence through on-call rotations, monitoring, and incident response - Engage in code reviews, design discussions, and team knowledge-sharing sessions Basic Qualifications: - 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 - 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience - 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience - 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - Experience programming with at least one s
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