Software Development Engineer - Discovery Tech, DiscoTec (Discovery Technology & Science)

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer - Discovery Tech, DiscoTec (Discovery Technology & Science) in Madrid, Spain. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Tools and skills the posting cites include Distributed Systems, AWS and software engineering.
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Build distributed storage, indexing, and query systems to power cross-category product discovery and recommendations.

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Do you want to reach the next level in your career as a Software engineer? Are you looking for new challenges and solving hard problems while using top-notch technologies? Join Discovery Technology team in Spain and you'll help millions of customers to discover the best from a multi-billion product selection!

Discovery Tech team helps customers discover and engage with new, popular and relevant products across Amazon worldwide. We do this by combining technology, science, innovation and creativity to build new customer-facing features and experiences alongside latest tools for marketers.
You will be responsible for creating software that help customers to shop cross-category, easily discover new ideas, new categories and new brands and have fun while shopping. You will drive opportunities to automate Amazon’s cross-category marketing and merchandising and will help to deliver the best possible shopping experience for Amazon’s customers all over the globe.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services.
- Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
- Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
- Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software.

A day in the life
The duties will include working on the initial product definition, getting buy-in, and translating that vision into actionable, measurable experimentation and launch roadmap. You will develop and drive requirements back to engineering and applied science teams and partner with them to deliver exceptional products. Expect to be in charge of new projects and initiatives, developing new products, managing business and technical requirements, driving performance, and help building plans for the future. We need someone who is eager to grow with us and is passionate about driving clarity in highly ambiguous product and technical environments, and has a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

About the team
We believe in regular feature develop and frequent experimentation, allowing us to continuously improve the customer experience. You will have the opportunity to explore the many channels Amazon provides for customer outreach and engagement, both onsite and offsite. As a new team, we carry little tech debt. We prioritize writing high quality and maintainable code, and build systems that leverage existing tools to provide extensive test coverage across our services. The team provides a great opportunity to make an outsized impact in a burgeoning space and on fresh or even yet to be built services. There are few opportunities anywhere to start on a new team and make an immediate impact at this scale. Help us fulfil our mission of making Amazon the most loved shopping destination for each customer in the World!

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at Amazon Discovery Technology, we embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host frequent learning experiences to ensure DEI is consistently treated as a priority. We actively recruit people from diverse backgrounds to build a supportive and inclusive workplace, and take steps to ensure employees have a sense of belonging, value, and opportunity. Our team is dedicated to supporting you with mentorship and pathways for ongoing development. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and promotes career choice. The perks of being an Amazon employee don't stop at collaborating with great people on exciting and innovative projects. Amazon’s benefits support the needs of our diverse workforce and their family members, no matter what stage they’re at in their life or career.

Basic qualifications

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer - Discovery Tech, DiscoTec (Discovery Technology & Science) at Amazon rates 35 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.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Software Development Engineer - Discovery Tech, DiscoTec (Discovery Technology & Science) is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in ES, M, Madrid.
The job was posted on May 27, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Pay

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