Description

　　We are on an audacious journey unifying the experience of all of Amazon's global customers in how they interact with Amazon products and services, no matter their language, culture, or location. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us revolutionize the localization of content for all of Amazon. Have you ever wondered how Amazon launches and maintains a consistent customer experience across hundreds of countries and languages it serves its millions of customers? Like challenging, fast pace environments and have a passion for data, languages, and other cultures? Enjoy working with engineers in an organization that deals with some of the largest scale problems across Amazon? Thrive in a Dev-Ops environment? Do you want to be on the ground level of a new way to deliver localized content to Amazon business units worldwide? If so, the Amazon Translation Services (TS) team wants to talk to you!

　　At Amazon, we strive to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where both internal and external customers can find and discover anything they want in their own language of preference. Our Translations Services team plays a pivotal role in expanding the reach of our marketplace worldwide and enables thousands of developers and other stakeholders (Product Managers, Program Managers, Linguists) in developing locale specific solutions.

　　Translations Services is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in our Pittsburgh office. As a Senior Software Engineer you will work with your manager to lay out and own the architectural vision, design and implementation and operations for a team of highly skilled software engineers in the localization space. The successful applicant will ensure that there is minimal human touch involved in any language translation and accurate translated text is available to our worldwide customers in a streamlined and optimized manner. With access to vast amounts of data, cutting-edge AWS technologies, and a diverse community of talented individuals, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the way customers and stakeholders engage with Amazon and our platform worldwide. Together, we will drive innovation, solve complex problems, and shape the future of e-commerce. This is a unique opportunity at Amazon with great exposure as all of Amazon will be your customer!

　　If you like to work hard, have fun, and make a difference, this is the team for you!

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Act as a builder and architect, design, and develop world class, scalable distributed systems and operationalize them.

　　Interface with our internal customers to understand requirements, set priorities and communicate direction and progress.

　　Take on hard, ambiguous problems and articulate solutions that will be able to serve broader Amazon.

　　Help develop long-term technical and business strategies in the machine translation space.

　　Recruit, hire, mentor and coach Software Development Engineers.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Austin, TX, USA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA

　　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

　　Bachelor's degree

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

　　Master's degree

　　Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

　　Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases

　　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.