Amazon Japan G. K.

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineers

$6000–8500k ~AI est. Tokyo, Japan FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Development Engineers at Amazon Japan G. K.. Skills: Distributed software solutions, Cloud architecture, Machine learning. Designing distributed software solutions. Developing distributed software solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce delivery costs; Improve customer experience; Preserve speed; Customer satisfaction

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Complex optimization problems; Problem-solving skills; Analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields, Graduated within the last 24 months, Demonstrated experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript, Demonstrated experience in Data structures implementation or Basic algorithm development or Object-oriented design principles

Nice to Have

AI tools for development productivity, Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), Database systems (SQL and NoSQL), Contributing to open-source projects, Version control systems, Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems, problem-solving and analytical skills, Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly, Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)

What You'll Do.

Designing distributed software solutions

Developing distributed software solutions

Testing distributed software solutions

Deploying distributed software solutions

Maintaining distributed software solutions

Work on technical design document

Learn about a new cloud technology

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Technical teams; Business teams; Internal team; Stakeholders

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication

Full Job Description

Do you want to directly impact how millions of Japanese customers receive their Amazon deliveries? Do you enjoy solving complex optimization problems that reduce cost while preserving — or improving — the customer experience? The Japan Delivery Experience (JP DEX) team is part of Amazon's Japan Store Tech organization, based in Tokyo. We own the logic that filter, group, default, and split delivery options across the Amazon Japan retail website — from browse and search pages through checkout. Our work touches every customer order flowing through Amazon.co.jp. We focus on consolidation initiatives — finding ways to intelligently combine shipments and optimize delivery scheduling to reduce delivery costs without compromising speed or customer satisfaction. Our systems operate at massive scale, processing delivery option decisions for millions of transactions. We're looking for an SDE-I who is curious, thinks big, and wants to own real customer-facing systems from day one. You'll work on distributed systems that directly influence how delivery options are presented to customers, building and operating services that handle high-throughput, low-latency decision-making in a complex logistics domain. Key job responsibilities Your primary responsibilities are designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining distributed software solutions independently. These solutions range across technical stacks and domain, from web applications and backend services, to cloud architecture and machine learning. You will work directly with technical and business teams, locally and worldwide, to understand business problems and design solutions. A day in the life An average day may look like: - Attend daily standup either in person or remotely to give status updates - Work on a technical design document to drive consensus between the internal team and stakeholders - Spend uninterrupted time developing software - Learn about a new cloud technology Basic Qualifications: - Completed B

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