Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Payment Services

Amazon is hiring a Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Payment Services in Chennai, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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The posting mentions distributed systems, cloud computing and software architecture among its tools and skills.
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Design and build massive-scale distributed computing solutions and payment services while providing technical leadership.

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At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Our Software Development Engineers (SDEs) use cutting-edge technology to solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work first-hand. The challenges SDEs solve for at Amazon are big and influence millions of customers, sellers, and products around the world. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years. If this sounds interesting to you, apply and come chart your own path at Amazon.
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Key job responsibilities

We are looking for a seasoned senior developer to design/build massive scale, distributed computing solutions. You will be responsible for driving the team’s technical direction, strategizing and shaping our long-term vision and architecture. You will own major deliverables end-to-end, drive roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to the engineering team. If you're excited by cloud computing, designing highly scalable, fault tolerant systems, and want to be challenged by the toughest computer science problems, then join us to build the next generation distributed systems solving big data problems.
You should be someone who wants to conceive and design highly scalable, robust software, and wants to see their software thrive in the face of traffic from huge cloud computing services. The candidate should have strong distributed systems and web services design and implementation experience, as well as experience working on high availability production systems.

Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact

Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for our customers.
Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.
Project management - prioritization , planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
Operational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production services

Basic qualifications

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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How we rate this

Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Payment Services at Amazon rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Payment Services is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in IN, TN, Chennai.
The job was posted on September 24, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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