This senior software engineer role at Amazon focuses on developing and improving large-scale distributed systems for AWS Metering, which is crucial for accurate billing. The team values work-life balance and offers mentorship to support career growth. Engineers will work with big-data platforms and collaborate with various AWS teams to enhance billing services. The position promises significant impact, as the work will affect millions of customers and contribute to cost savings.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
• 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards and code reviews
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• Design high-quality, efficient, and testable code in Java and other object-oriented languages.
• Build large-scale, highly available distributed systems that can grow tenfold every three years.
• Develop new anomaly detection algorithms to detect and eliminate billing inaccuracies.
• Collaborate with AWS teams to build software and services that simplify billing needs.
• Own and operate the systems you build, ensuring high data quality and operational rigor.
• Contribute to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement as a member of a Scrum team.
• Partner with product managers and engineers across Commerce Platform teams to deliver features.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.