Amazon jobs - Software Engineer/Programmer

Job Description :Would you like to work on one of the world's largest transactional distributed systems?How about working with customers and peers from the entire range of Amazon's business on cool new features? Whether you're passionate about bui

Job Description

Would you like to work on one of the world's largest transactional distributed systems?

How about working with customers and peers from the entire range of Amazon's business on cool new features? Whether you're passionate about building highly scalable and reliable systems or a software developer who likes to solve business problems, Tax Services is the place for you.

Tax Services responsible for the tax calculation platform, we provide the core services that calculate the accurate amount of transactional taxes (sales tax and VAT) on Amazon. We thrive on providing the correct tax amounts to the customer at order time, and make sure audit records are stored safely to meet tax law requirements around the globe. Our challenges include staying on top of the complex and ever-changing global tax rates and laws as well as computing calculations correctly and quickly, thousands of times a second, and each one needs to be right.
We are looking for software engineers who thrive on complex problems and relish the challenge of operating complex and mission critical systems under extreme loads. Our systems manage hundreds of millions of records, and responds to millions of service requests per minute.

Do you think you are up to the challenge? Or would you like to learn more and stretch your skills and career?

We are looking for an experienced, customer obsessed Technical Program Manager who is able to collaborate effectively with a technical team and be responsible for key aspects of the software customer experience on a new consumer service. In this role you, will lead the definition, and shepherd the development, of new features as well as important optimizations to the service. The role is inherently cross-functional: you will work closely with a high-energy team of software engineers, program managers, user experience designers, marketers, customer service leads as well as internal & external product stakeholders across the company. This role is a good fit for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is both creative and technical, and who is sensitive to (or understands) the diverse perspectives of stakeholders and works with them to resolve differences.

Basic Qualifications

Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams
5+ years of technical program management experience

Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
7+ years of relevant engineering experience
10+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
Experience managing software releases
Experience with Distributed systems/OO concepts etc.
Experience with bug tracking systems
Experience with business applications such as Word, Excel and Project

Preferred Qualifications

Database modeling skills - Distributed systems experience - Knowledgeable about security best practices