Software Development Engineer II, FinTech General Ledger

Job description

Amazon's Finance Technology (FinTech) organization is building the next generation of distributed, globally scalable financial systems — and we need your help. As a Software Development Engineer II on the General Ledger team, you will design and develop services that process hundreds of millions of transactions each month, powering accurate financial reporting across Amazon worldwide.

You will work on greenfield services from the ground up, tackling complex problems in cloud computing, distributed data processing, and high-throughput transaction handling. Collaborating closely with product managers, data engineers, accountants, and principal engineers, you will have direct influence on architecture decisions and the opportunity to grow your technical leadership skills in a high-visibility, mission-critical space.

Key job responsibilities

- Design and implement software solutions across the full development lifecycle — from requirements and system design through coding, testing, deployment, and operations — in a large-scale distributed environment on AWS.

- Collaborate with cross-functional partners including product managers, data engineers, and finance stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver the right technical solutions.

- Mentor teammates through code reviews and technical guidance, raising the bar on code quality, security, readability, and maintainability across the team.

- Identify root causes of operational issues and drive permanent fixes, continuously improving system reliability and the team's operational practices.

- Evaluate new technologies and architectural approaches to solve high-scale data processing challenges, making practical recommendations for adoption.

About the team

At the heart of FinTech's mission is the General Ledger team, which builds and operates the technologies to account for and post millions of financial transactions daily to support accurate internal and external financial reporting. This team processes on average 371MM+ transactions per month, servicing the accounting needs of Finance, Accounting, and Tax teams worldwide. The work of the General ledger team is absolutely essential to meeting Amazon's critical close timelines and maintaining the integrity of the company's financial data.