Software Application Engr III
Job Description
At Amazon, innovation drives growth and enables us to offer our customers more types of products more conveniently and at even lower prices. The Amazon Books team is seeking a Software Application Engineer to revolutionize workflows through AI and LLM powered automation solutions. The ideal candidate will leverage artificial intelligence/large language models to transform manual processes into intelligent, automated systems. They will develop production applications and services that incorporate AI/LLM capabilities to enhance operational efficiency while ensuring a superior customer experience aligned with Amazon's business objectives. The role requires deep understanding of both traditional software development and modern AI technologies, along with the ability to identify opportunities where AI/LLM solutions can create significant business value. They should have strong empathy for Amazon's customers and business objectives, particularly those aspects relevant to the team and division (where "division" is an organization which can include about 150 people), and be able to translate complex technical solutions into measurable business outcomes.Key job responsibilities• Design and develop end-to-end software solutions including scripts, workflows, and interactive dashboards, ensuring scalability and adherence to modern engineering best practices• Partner with business teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications, while identifying opportunities for process optimization and automation• Create and implement web-based applications with self-service capabilities, focusing on workflow management, quality auditing, and productivity tracking tools• Develop and integrate automation solutions using custom software development, optimizing operations across multiple applications• Lead technical design discussions and provide architectural guidance while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical strategy• Ensure solution quality through proper documentation, testing procedures, and maintenance practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, recommending process enhancements, and implementing efficient automation workflowsAbout the teamThe Katalyst-Tech team is a part of the Risk, Operations, Success, and Engagement (ROSE) organization. We provide Process automation, Application development, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) services to multiple partner teams (Books, Music, AWS ) with a skilled group of Application Engineers, RPA Developers, and System Development Engineers.We have built and maintain over 150 bespoke applications, internal tools, and backend services used daily across Books Operations.
Locations
- India, TN, Chennai, Chennai, TN, India
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
2,500,000 - 4,500,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- - 2+ years of software development experienceintermediate
- - Experience scripting in modern programming languagesintermediate
- - Experience working with REST API based servicesintermediate
- - Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application developmentintermediate
Required Qualifications
- - 2+ years of software development experience (experience, 2 years)
- - Experience scripting in modern programming languages (experience)
- - Experience working with REST API based services (experience)
- - Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application development (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- - Experience scripting in one or more language (e.g. Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby) (experience)
- - Experience with REST web services, XML, JSON (experience)
- - Full stack application development expertise using Python/Java/Javascript (experience)
- - Experience building AI/LLM agents and integrating them with existing or new applications (experience)
- - Experience with deploying applications on CI/CD pipelines (experience)
- - Experience with AWS deployments using CDK or Cloudformation will be highly valued (experience)
Responsibilities
- • Design and develop end-to-end software solutions including scripts, workflows, and interactive dashboards, ensuring scalability and adherence to modern engineering best practices
- • Partner with business teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications, while identifying opportunities for process optimization and automation
- • Create and implement web-based applications with self-service capabilities, focusing on workflow management, quality auditing, and productivity tracking tools
- • Develop and integrate automation solutions using custom software development, optimizing operations across multiple applications
- • Lead technical design discussions and provide architectural guidance while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical strategy
- • Ensure solution quality through proper documentation, testing procedures, and maintenance practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams
- • Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, recommending process enhancements, and implementing efficient automation workflows
- About the team
- The Katalyst-Tech team is a part of the Risk, Operations, Success, and Engagement (ROSE) organization. We provide Process automation, Application development, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) services to multiple partner teams (Books, Music, AWS ) with a skilled group of Application Engineers, RPA Developers, and System Development Engineers.
- We have built and maintain over 150 bespoke applications, internal tools, and backend services used daily across Books Operations.
