Benefits Experience and Technology is building new technology and services to deliver an integrated, end-to-end experience for all Amazonians to discover, enroll, and manage Amazon benefits including health, life, retirement, time-off, commuter, discounts, and others. Our team delivers comprehensive employee benefits and offers individualized support to fellow employees navigating personal and professional life events.We are looking for an experienced software development engineer who will be a peer leader to a team of top-notch engineers to build a new platform to manage data exchange and transformation.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Senior SDE on the team you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core services and product features for Benefits Tech. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.The ideal candidate will be passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, bias for action, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly.About the teamBenefits Tech is a relatively new organization. Amazon has been reliant on vendor services for benefits, and we're just now taking the opportunity to build in-house technology to provide the best experience for Amazonians!We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Arlington, VA, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA- 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- 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 equivalentOur compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.