Senior Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Pharmacy
Job Description
Join Amazon Pharmacy's ambitious mission to build a next-generation Pharmacy fulfillment technology that is reshaping healthcare delivery. As a founding member of our new Bangalore team, you'll architect and develop mission-critical fulfillment technology that ensures medication safety for millions while enabling rapid delivery capabilities to scale the business. You'll work on complex distributed systems handling inventory management, order orchestration, and compliance-critical workflows, building from the ground up using Amazon's latest cloud-native technologies and AI/ML capabilities.The ideal candidate brings systems design experience, expertise in building highly available services, and passion for solving challenging technical problems where quality and compliance are paramount. You'll have the opportunity to integrate with advanced robotics and automation systems, while leveraging AI to optimize delivery speeds, enhance accuracy, and improve operational efficiency.Amazon Pharmacy is transforming how customers access healthcare by combining Amazon's customer obsession and operational excellence with pharmacy services - making it easier for customers to find, purchase, and receive their medications. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation of this rapidly growing business while directly impacting customer healthcare experiences. Your work will be instrumental in scaling Amazon's pharmacy operations and building technology that could fundamentally change how customers access their medications. If you're excited about building large-scale systems that require precision while maintaining Amazon-scale performance, we want to talk to you.Key job responsibilitiesA. Technical LeadershipArchitect scalable, resilient services that standardize Amazon Pharmacy operations for scale, speed and accuracyDesign and implement simplified solutions to solve complex problems at massive scaleLead technical design discussions and make critical architectural decisions that balance technical excellence with business requirementsEstablish engineering best practices, technical standards, and design patterns for the teamDevelop technical roadmaps for significant initiatives and guide implementation across multiple sprintsMake sound technical decisions that consider long-term maintainability, performance, and operational excellenceB. Engineering ExcellenceWrite high-quality, well-tested code that serves as an example for the teamDrive code reviews that improve overall system quality and developer skillsDesign and implement robust error handling, monitoring, and observability solutionsOptimize system performance, scalability, and resilience for mission-critical servicesCollaborate with operations teams to ensure systems are production-ready and meet stringent SLAsLead technical investigations for complex production issues and implement comprehensive solutionsC. Innovation & MentorshipPioneer GenAI adoption to improve development workflows, code quality, and team productivityMentor junior engineers, helping them grow technically and professionallyIdentify and evaluate new technologies that could benefit the team's development processPartner with product managers to translate business requirements into technical solutionsShare knowledge through documentation, tech talks, and training sessionsAbout the teamAmazon’s mission is to make it easier for customers to access the healthcare products and services they need to get and stay healthy. Towards this mission, Amazon Pharmacy Fulfillment Tech strives to build technology to fulfill the world’s healthcare needs as fast as possible at the highest quality, lowest cost, and greatest convenience. While our near-term focus is building fulfillment technology to support Amazon Pharmacy, our North Star Vision is to support the fulfillment of any type of healthcare experience at Amazon. To that end, our systems are flexible enough to integrate with other in-house and third-party systems and extensible to accommodate the ever-growing and changing healthcare needs of our customers. Whether it is building our own software or integrating with other in-house and/or third-party services, we strive to leverage the best-in-class technology available to deliver delightful healthcare experiences to Amazon customers, starting with Pharmacy. Please request informational with HM - rjayashr@
Locations
- India, KA, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, KA, India
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
80,000 - 150,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- - 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experienceintermediate
- - 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experienceintermediate
- - 7+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experienceintermediate
- - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamintermediate
- - Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellenceintermediate
- - Master's degree in engineering or equivalent, or experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principlesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- - Master's degree in computer science or equivalent (degree in computer science or equivalent)
- - 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience (experience, 7 years)
- - 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience (experience, 7 years)
- - 7+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience (experience, 7 years)
- - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team (experience)
- - Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence (experience)
- - Master's degree in engineering or equivalent, or experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- - 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience (experience, 7 years)
- - Familiarity with GenAI tools and their application in software development (experience)
Responsibilities
- A. Technical Leadership
- Architect scalable, resilient services that standardize Amazon Pharmacy operations for scale, speed and accuracy
- Design and implement simplified solutions to solve complex problems at massive scale
- Lead technical design discussions and make critical architectural decisions that balance technical excellence with business requirements
- Establish engineering best practices, technical standards, and design patterns for the team
- Develop technical roadmaps for significant initiatives and guide implementation across multiple sprints
- Make sound technical decisions that consider long-term maintainability, performance, and operational excellence
- B. Engineering Excellence
- Write high-quality, well-tested code that serves as an example for the team
- Drive code reviews that improve overall system quality and developer skills
- Design and implement robust error handling, monitoring, and observability solutions
- Optimize system performance, scalability, and resilience for mission-critical services
- Collaborate with operations teams to ensure systems are production-ready and meet stringent SLAs
- Lead technical investigations for complex production issues and implement comprehensive solutions
- C. Innovation & Mentorship
- Pioneer GenAI adoption to improve development workflows, code quality, and team productivity
- Mentor junior engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally
- Identify and evaluate new technologies that could benefit the team's development process
- Partner with product managers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Share knowledge through documentation, tech talks, and training sessions
- About the team
- Amazon’s mission is to make it easier for customers to access the healthcare products and services they need to get and stay healthy. Towards this mission, Amazon Pharmacy Fulfillment Tech strives to build technology to fulfill the world’s healthcare needs as fast as possible at the highest quality, lowest cost, and greatest convenience. While our near-term focus is building fulfillment technology to support Amazon Pharmacy, our North Star Vision is to support the fulfillment of any type of healthcare experience at Amazon. To that end, our systems are flexible enough to integrate with other in-house and third-party systems and extensible to accommodate the ever-growing and changing healthcare needs of our customers. Whether it is building our own software or integrating with other in-house and/or third-party services, we strive to leverage the best-in-class technology available to deliver delightful healthcare experiences to Amazon customers, starting with Pharmacy.
- Please request informational with HM - rjayashr@
