The Procurement Infrastructure Team (POI) seeks a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to help shape the future of our platform, which serves as the authoritative source for everything Amazon orders from vendors and sellers to delight our customers. We own and manage the contracts between Amazon and its vendors, which outline the terms of sale—what Amazon wants to procure and the vendor’s commitment to delivering those products on time and at the correct location.We manage the lifecycle of the purchase order until completion. We take action if fulfillment on time cannot be guaranteed, so Amazon can effectively, and timely receive products from where we can receive them. Our platform processes over 100 million purchase orders yearly, providing vital data through APIs and data warehouse tables to power Amazon’s sourcing engine, supporting forecasting, planning, and payments.If you are passionate about solving business challenges through innovative, scalable technology and want to work on industry-defining projects that make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply and explore the opportunity to be part of our team. At Amazon, we focus intensely on our customers, and as an SDE, you’ll leverage cutting-edge tech to solve complex problems while seeing the tangible results of your work. We have ample opportunity to drive change and shape the future of Amazon's procurement systems.At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate & build things for the benefit of our customers. Our focus on customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – it is part of our company DNA. Our Software Development Engineers play an instrumental role in utilizing cutting edge technology to solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work.

A day in the life
We are a two pizza service team, responsible for delivering on business impacting projects that raise the efficiency of Amazon’s sourcing efforts. Projects take weeks to months to roll-out, and you are tasked with taking ownership from design, to implementation to rollout. We maintain procurement systems, and own the quality and health of the software stack. We support 2k+ tech teams, transportation, operations, all the way to associates in warehouses with a high bar for operational excellence.


Key job responsibilities
Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to develop, design, and bring to market innovative devices and services
Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry
Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to cutting edge technologies at incredible scale and speed
Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use- 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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