• Job Description

  Req#: 2524942
  Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS), a division within Amazon’s eCommerce Services Organization (eCS), is an innovator in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale. Our systems are advancing one of the world's most scalable, reliable, and secure e-commerce ecosystems and responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, in multiple currencies and countries. We are at the center of Amazon’s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon’s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems.
  
  As an engineer in AFFS, you will be part of a team of high-performing engineers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize services that are the foundation for Amazon's financial reporting. We reliably handle data in high volume and velocity. You will interface with teams and systems inside and outside our org including Business Systems, Financial Systems, and Accounting. Our mission is to provide a world-class customer experience through a data-driven approach and scalable and robust software.
  
  A successful candidate will be a self-starter and fast learner with an established background in developing high volume and highly available services, strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic fast paced environment.
  
  In this role you will be helping us build the next generation of Amazon’s financials infrastructure using latest AWS offerings (e.g. Fargate, Lambda, ECS, DDB, VPC, etc.) to deliver industry-leading security controls not previously possible. You will have the opportunity to partner with our Senior and Principal tech leaders to deliver zero-trust distributed systems, applying best practices for API, security and scalable system design. Our engineers are proud of the work they do and the impact it has when used by hundreds of millions of customers on Day 1, helping make their accounts more secure.
  
  Our team works together to provide work/life harmony for all team members. We recognize that the circumstances of our team members vary. We have an adaptive, honest and supportive culture that enables us to focus on the most important things and maintain high standards for our customers, while at the same time allowing for rich and happy personal lives.
  
  Key job responsibilities
  The complexity and scale of our services requires a Software Development Engineer who is interested in working on large scale, highly-distributed systems and who can bring new ideas with the confidence to put them to the test as we change the transmission on the rapidly moving bus that is Amazon. We need an innovative Software Development Engineer to help with building next generation application and services built over cloud computing technologies and responsible for the secure, scalable world class cash reconciliation platform.
  
  These services process and reconcile statements worth over US $250Bn every year. Targeted towards cash accounting users, the system aims to simplify and expedite the cash reconciliation process at Amazon. The system needs to perform a holistic automated reconciliation of all banking activity (receipts, disbursements, inter-company wires, bank fees, etc.) at scale, by systematically performing all the manual tasks that are performed by accountants and analysts on a daily basis.
  
  About the team
  AFFS OTC (Order To Cash) offer Amazon businesses with bank transactions & remittances ingestion and reconciliation solutions to effectively validate completeness and accuracy of cash positions and remittance transactions. Accounting relies on AFFS OTC products for automated bank transactions and remittance reconciliation process.
  
  We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
  
  Seattle, WA, USA- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  - Experience programming with at least one software programming language- 3+ 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
  
  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.
  
  Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.

• About the company

  Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. The company has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", as well as the world's most valuable brand.

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