Amazon

Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Invoicing

Amazon$168K — $227K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software development experience, excluding internships
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language with 5+ years of experience
  • Demonstrated experience in system design or architecture for 5+ years
  • Experience mentoring or leading engineering teams
  • Background in complete software development life cycle, including standards and testing processes (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems for AWS invoicing
  • Own full delivery of complex features from inception to operations
  • Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions in your domain
  • Lead operational excellence efforts, including incident response and runbook development
  • Mentor junior engineers through collaboration and reviews
  • Work with product managers and regulatory teams to create compliant software
  • Identify and address technical debt to enhance system reliability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and prescription)
  • 401(k) matching to support retirement planning
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  • Access to employee assistance programs (EAP) and mental health resources
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare expenses
Full Job Description
We're looking for a Senior SDE to own and drive the design, implementation, and operational excellence of distributed systems that power AWS's invoicing platform. You'll work on high-scale, high-availability services that handle invoice generation, tax calculation integration, e-invoicing compliance, and statement delivery. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll influence architecture decisions, raise the engineering bar, and mentor engineers across the team.

Key job responsibilities

- Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems that process invoices for AWS's global customer base

- Own end-to-end delivery of complex features - from requirements through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations

- Drive technical strategy and architecture for your area, making trade-offs that balance business needs with long-term maintainability

- Lead operational excellence efforts including on-call, runbook development, alarming, and incident response

- Mentor and grow junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and day-to-day collaboration

- Partner with product managers, tax specialists, and cross-functional teams to translate complex regulatory requirements into reliable software solutions

- Identify and eliminate technical debt, improve system reliability, and reduce operational burden

- Contribute to org-wide engineering standards, best practices, and tooling

About the team

AWS Invoicing is responsible for generating accurate, timely, and compliant invoices for millions of AWS customers worldwide. We operate at the intersection of billing, tax, and financial compliance - building systems that process billions of transactions across 200+ countries and territories. Our services are critical to AWS's revenue pipeline and directly impact customer trust.

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

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, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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