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Description Join a startup-feel team within Amazon’s Executive Development organization that’s building the future of talent development. Talent Alchemy is a small, agile team where you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on how hundreds of thousands of Amazon employees grow their careers. This is your chance to work on a product that directly shapes leadership development across one of the world’s most innovative companies.
The product provides data insights that fuel learning & development research, generating unique insights that enable Amazon to methodically evolve its talent strategy. Talent Alchemy assists employees in gathering feedback on themselves and their direct reports, while also powering formal development efforts hosted by learning programs across the company.
A day in the life
You will work as a full-stack developer (70% frontend facing features / 30% backend) building responsive JavaScript web applications with modern frameworks, like React, while using technologies including Java microservices in a distributed service-oriented architecture, AWS technologies (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis). This is a hands-on role with the expectation of significant time spent coding and contributing directly to the product.
You will be involved in every aspect of the process—from idea generation and business analysis through technical design and software development. Your systems will meet remarkably high standards of performance and reliability, operating at massive scale, 24×7. You will have a system-wide, architectural view of the solutions you build, with the responsibility, authority, and autonomy to ensure success.
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
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- 2+ years of exposure to Front-end libraries/framework (React/Angular/Vue) and experience contributing to a frontend design system.
- Adapt LLMs for new languages, domains, and vision applications through continued pre-training, fine-tuning, and Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF).
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Bellevue – 143,700.00 – 194,400.00 USD annually
Company – Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A3199528
