System Development Engineer, TFS Accounting Insights

Job description

Are you passionate about building automation solutions that transform financial operations at scale? Join Transportation Financial Services (TFS) at Amazon, where you'll develop critical systems that power financial reporting and migrations across our global transportation network. In this role, you'll tackle complex challenges in financial data processing, creating automated solutions that enable accurate book closures and seamless migrations.

As a SysDE on the TFS team, you'll work on high-impact projects that directly improve how Amazon manages transportation finances. You'll design device automations for large-scale migrations, build metric-generation systems that provide financial visibility, and create mechanisms that proactively address customer issues. Your work will enable business teams to operate more efficiently while ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of financial operations that support millions of deliveries worldwide.

As an ideal candidate, you have experience in developing automation and operating complex systems in a production environment. You apply system engineering and development practices to ensure your automation is both reliable and correct. Your technical knowledge includes Linux systems and networking.

Key job responsibilities

Design and implement automated solutions for device migrations and financial system transitions, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations

Develop metric generation systems and reporting tools that enable accurate financial book closures and provide visibility into transportation financial operations

Write clean, maintainable code using optimal data structures and algorithms while considering tradeoffs, limitations, and performance constraints

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues by addressing support tickets, diagnosing system problems, and implementing solutions that improve customer experience

Enhance existing features and build new capabilities that simplify adoption for internal customers and improve the overall reliability of financial systems

You should be able to triage situations quickly and work well with other engineers. We want you to be the best version of yourself – to continuously evolve and improve

About the team

Transportation Financial Services (TFS) is at the heart of Amazon's transportation operations, building the systems that track, report, and analyze financial data across our global delivery network. Our team combines software engineering expertise with financial domain knowledge to create solutions that ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. We value collaboration and knowledge-sharing, with team members ranging from early-career engineers to seasoned technical leaders.

We're focused on modernizing financial operations through automation and building scalable systems that support Amazon's growing transportation business. Our team culture emphasizes mentorship, continuous learning, and taking calculated approaches to solving complex problems. You'll have opportunities to work on meaningful projects that directly impact business decisions while developing your technical skills in cloud computing, data processing, and financial systems.