SDE2, Builder Foundations GRID

Description
Join Amazon's orchestration engineering team! We're seeking a Software Development Engineer II to contribute to the Center of Excellence for Orchestration (ORCA), part of the Managed Compute Runtimes (MCR) organization under BuilderWorks. You'll be working on Amazon's tier-1 multi-tenant managed runtime ecosystem that powers how 600+ teams across Amazon—from Ordering and Prime Video to Alexa, Kindle, and Kiva Robots—orchestrate their most complex business processes.
ORCA isn't just another platform—it's the orchestration brain behind Amazon's operations. Built on Herd's foundation and unifying the capabilities of KIS, Legos, Torch, and Jarvis, ORCA transforms chaotic distributed workflows into elegant, manageable systems. Available in both MAWS and Native AWS, it handles everything from real-time order processing to massive batch operations across Amazon's global infrastructure.
Every time a customer places an order, streams a video, or asks Alexa a question, your code is part of making it happen. You'll solve distributed systems puzzles that directly impact Amazon's ability to serve millions of customers while enabling engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable distributed systems for global retail ordering workflows
- Develop high-performance, maintainable code using advanced software engineering principles
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative technical solutions
- Conduct comprehensive code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and security
Basic Qualifications
- 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
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
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