Amazon’s tax team seeks a capable and motivated individual to be a Software Development Engineer in the Direct Tax Technology team, based in Seattle. The role is responsible for ensuring the tax professionals of Amazon’s Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance organization (R&C) are supported in their mission by world-class technology and processes. The impact of their work is evidenced in improved efficiency in processing, empowered customers and a Tax department that continues to meet the unique challenges of Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
Tackle tax technology challenges with scalable solutions delivered in a quick-and-nimble fashion
Lead efforts that can involve multiple teams and deliver solutions with impact across the R&C organization
Be trusted advisors to their R&C customers and engage on projects with high degrees of complexity and business criticality.
Help define requirements, design, build and rollout solutions.
Work with multiple stakeholders and manage the complexity of competing needs and timelines.
Support customers through their business cycles, mentoring, troubleshooting and running processes as needed.
Understand the solutions we have today, applying them where appropriate and inventing new capabilities when needed.
Own particular processes and/or parts of our technology toolset, providing subject matter expertise and mentorship
Listen to customers across the organization and expand our toolset to the benefit of all, avoiding point solutions.- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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