Senior Software Development Engineer - AWS Marketplace

This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

AWS Marketplace ( is an online store that helps customers find, buy, and immediately start using trusted software and services that run on the AWS Cloud. We revolutionize the way software is sold and procured, just like how Amazon continues to redefine retail purchasing.

We are one of the fastest-growing teams in AWS, and interface with a diverse internal and external community of software service sellers over a wide variety of technologies, with a rapidly growing audience of buyers from different market segments. AWS Marketplace manages the state of the art complex infrastructure to provide a smooth experience for sellers and buyers to buy various software and services for different domains like infrastructure software, machine learning, and IoT.

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineers to help the team take AWS Marketplace to the next level. As a Software Development Engineer on the team you will own significant portions of the product and will have influence on our strategy by helping define the next wave of product features and system architecture. The systems are complex and there are huge opportunities to work at all levels from a set of robust platform services, to system level pieces and everything in between. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and is passionate about building quality software as well as achieving operational excellence. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are essential.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of success delivering new features or products. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. This person has design and implementation experience, knowledge of web services and protocols, and an in-depth knowledge of distributed systems architectures.


Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be passionate about solving complex and broad business problems of cloud marketplaces with simple and straightforward solutions, applying appropriate technologies and software engineering best practices, building solutions that scale and perform well. They will own the design and implementation of major deliverables end-to-end. This position requires collaboration with other engineers on the team, principal engineers, product managers, and partner teams. You should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and should have a desire to create, iterate and improve.

Frontend Development
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You will develop and maintain user-facing features using React.js:

Implement responsive and intuitive user interfaces based on design specifications
Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure seamless integration of designs into the application
Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
Write clean, modular, and reusable code following best practices and coding standards


Backend Development
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You will design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and APIs:

Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices
Design and implement database schemas and optimize database queries
Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices
Develop scalable backend architectures that support the multi-tenant B2B marketplace platform
Integrate third-party services and APIs as needed

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced and seasoned Senior Software Development Engineer to help the team take Marketplace to the next level. As a Senior Software Development Engineer on the team you will own significant portions of the product and will have significant influence on our strategy by helping define the next wave of product features and system architecture. The systems are complex and there are huge opportunities to work at all levels from the front end user experience to a set of robust backend APIs and services and everything in between. You’re someone who thrives on solving complex distributed computing challenges, is customer obsessed, can mentor and serve as a role model for other engineers on the team and is passionate about building quality software that raises the operational excellence of the organization. You possess strong communication skills since at AWS Marketplace you’ll have several opportunities to meet and interact with customers (both buyers and sellers) directly!

A day in the life
Collaboration & Quality
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Conduct code reviews to maintain code quality and identify areas for improvement
Work closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to define and implement new features
Participate in brainstorming sessions and provide technical expertise and insights
Collaborate with the QA team to identify and fix bugs and ensure high-quality software releases
Communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and clients to gather requirements and provide project updates

Innovation & Growth
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Create prototypes to validate use cases, receive feedback from customers, and work on expanded features
Stay updated with industry trends and best practices to continuously learn and explore

About the team
Diverse Experiences

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Work/Life Balance

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ 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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