Re-imagine the future of Amazon Search with us! Join our team to create an interactive conversational experience that answers product questions, performs comparisons, and offers personalized suggestions to help customers shop. We’re looking for passionate builders to deliver next-gen search experience on Amazon.com powered by highly scalable systems and Data and LLM (AI) driven features.

Key job responsibilities
As an SDE2, your key responsibilities will include:

* Own the full software development lifecycle for a feature area, from design to implementation to testing.
* Write high-quality, maintainable, and testable code that meets Amazon's engineering standards.
* Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, applied scientists, and other engineers, to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
* Participate in the broader technical vision and roadmap discussions for the Rufus platform.
* Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in relevant technologies and incorporate them into the Rufus architecture when appropriate.
* Mentor and share knowledge with more junior engineers on the team.
* Actively participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and other team activities to continuously improve engineering practices.
* Identify and drive process improvements to increase the efficiency and reliability of the team's software development workflows.
* Participate in the team's on-call rotation to quickly address and resolve any production issues or incidents.
* Proactively identify and mitigate potential operational risks to minimize the impact on customers.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's incident response and disaster recovery procedures.



A day in the life
* Write code for highly anticipated features or architectural improvements
* Investigate and troubleshoot complex issues across services and systems
* Review a design document for a new platform capabilities
* Provide reviews and architectural guidance for Away-Team engineers on design best practices and operational lessons
* Address product, design, or science stakeholder questions and advise on technical implement trade-offs and effort estimates
* Triage, investigate, and fix top-priority production issues