The Software Development Engineer will be part of the tax account compliance team at Amazon, focusing on designing and building extensible software solutions that ensure compliance across various products and geographies. This role involves creating systems that can trigger necessary verifications and store decisions to enhance efficiency. The engineer will work on advanced distributed systems that detect patterns in real-time and adapt to new threats. The ultimate goal is to protect the marketplace from illegal activities while delivering exceptional customer experiences.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling of systems
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• Design and build software that is extensible to different use cases, products, and geographies with minimal incremental tech effort
• Create systems that can trigger necessary verifications under applicable policies
• Develop software that stores verification decisions for re-use to reduce duplicative checks
• Ensure the software is vendible to any authorized user via API
• Design and develop custom distributed systems that are more advanced than standard industry practices

• 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.