Amazon.com Services LLC Looking For Programmer Analyst, Amazon Inbound Transportation at Minneapolis, MN Full Time

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Mathematics, Management Information Services or related field with 0 – 5 years of experience
• Knowledge and ability to learn scripting languages such as SQL, Perl, Python, or Ruby
• Ability to learn and write code in C, C++ or Java
• Ability to understand functional/technical specifications and analyze data
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail, including the ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results

Job summary

Remote or In-Office positions available across Arlington (VA), Atlanta, Austin, Minneapolis, Nashville, San Francisco, or Tempe.

Amazon Freight Inbound is building the technology that Amazon uses to load our fulfillment centers using freight movements with the products they need to delight our customers. Our charter is to optimize for cost-effective flow throughout the inbound network, lowering Amazon’s inbound cost and our selling partners’ cost to serve us while also providing Amazon with greater control, performance, and inbound visibility

If you are looking for an opportunity to solve technical problems, build innovative solutions, work with top notch software developers, delight our shippers, and help manage a multi-billion dollar business – this might be the role for you.

What will you do?

You’ll work on a team that designs and develops systems and applications used by Amazon worldwide and will regularly interact with engineering and business leadership. You will participate in the planning and execution of technology projects and operational excellence initiatives.

To accomplish this, you will be expected to have an established background in using computer science fundamentals to build quality software that scales, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. We prefer engineers who can thrive in a fast paced, high energy and fun work environment where we deliver value incrementally and frequently.

Key job responsibilities

Software configuration changes

Finding and fixing software bugs

Developing automated unit and integration tests

Assist with QA testing and software launches

Improve operational metrics and alarms on production services

Develop scripts/run queries to deep dive operational issues

A day in the life

As a member of an Amazon Inbound Transportation two-pizza team, you will be assigned tasks and other assignments during each two-week sprint and work closely with an agile team of engineers to design, develop, and deploy software.

• Bachelor’s in CS or related field with 0 – 5 years of experience
• 1 + years of experience working with scripting languages such as SQL, Perl, Python, or Ruby
• 1 + years of experience writing code in C or C++ or Java
• Understand functional/technical specifications and analyze data
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail, including the ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize the results

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.