Software Development Engineer - Amazon Lending

Description Description Are you a driven Software Development Engineer who wants to have a direct impact on customers and the team? Do you enjoy building flexible, performant and extensible solutions for complex financial and risk problems? As a Software Development Engineer on Amazon Lending, you will lead designing and building systems to support our financial products. In this role you will work closely with a talented team of software engineers, product managers, and UX designers to build financial products. You will accelerate Lending team''s expansion by scaling systems to handle increasing workloads. You will simplify the complexities of partner onboarding, product management and risk assessment through analysis and system design.Amazon Lending is passionate about helping third party sellers on Amazon grow their business. Since inception, we have provided access to capital for small and medium sized businesses. We also provide crucial support for Business Payments with extensive automation of financial risk assessment workflows.We are a fast-paced development team, using agile methodologies and SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect engineers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle. We minimize the bureaucracy and focus on giving developers time to develop. Alongside of building new products and services, we are constantly looking to enhance our existing systems by improving performance and refactoring for reuse. There are numerous opportunities to design scalable architectures.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Software Development Engineer on Amazon Lending, you will work closely with a talented team of engineers, product managers, and UX designers to build innovative new financial products. You will develop scalable solutions to handle rapidly increasing workloads across multiple lines of business. You will simplify the complexities of partner and product configuration, loan application submission and loan servicing through rigorous analysis and system design, and a keen focus on the needs of the customer.A day in the lifeWe are a fast-paced development team, using agile methodologies and SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect engineers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle. We minimize the bureaucracy and focus on giving developers time to develop. Alongside building new products and services, we are constantly looking to enhance our existing systems by improving performance and refactoring for reuse. There are numerous opportunities to design scalable architectures.About the teamWe offer a fun, inclusive, environment to work in with a strong team identity and culture, and a clear mission to help small businesses grow and thrive. Get in touch to learn more, we would love to hear from you!Basic Qualifications 1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.2+ years of non-internship professional software development experienceProgramming experience with at least one software programming language.Preferred Qualifications MS in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related fieldFive years of progressively responsible work experienceExperience in building large scale distributed systemsExperience in scaling and performance tuning of large systemsExperience with AWS and other cloud technologiesUnderstanding of relational and non-relational data modelingExperience developing software in a Unix/Linux environmentExperience with devOps and continuous deploymentFamiliarity with scripting languages - Unix Shell / Perl / PythonAmazon 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 Qualifications 1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.2+ years of non-internship professional software development experienceProgramming experience with at least one software programming language.Preferred Qualifications MS in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related fieldFive years of progressively responsible work experienceExperience in building large scale distributed systemsExperience in scaling and performance tuning of large systemsExperience with AWS and other cloud technologiesUnderstanding of relational and non-relational data modelingExperience developing software in a Unix/Linux environmentExperience with devOps and continuous deploymentFamiliarity with scripting languages - Unix Shell / Perl / PythonAmazon 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

Created: 2025-11-15