Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Autos

Join our team and help create innovative automotive discovery and shopping products that connect customers with their ideal vehicles. We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Engineer to collaborate with product managers, designers, external vendors, and partner engineering teams in designing and developing automotive shopping experiences. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, enthusiastic professional who is passionate about software applications and thrives in a dynamic environment, managing multiple projects across a wide range of technologies.

We seek a Principal Engineer with the expertise, ambition, and passion to tackle challenging problems, particularly within the automotive industry. Experience in large distributed systems, near-real-time data ingestion and processing, in-vehicle or embedded software, regulated industries, or generative AI/LLMs is highly valued. You will be instrumental in solving unique industry challenges and introducing innovative features that set new standards in the market.

We’re looking for entrepreneurial individuals who enjoy wearing many hats and thrive in a highly collaborative, startup-like environment. As a Principal Software Engineer at Amazon, you will influence technology choices, lead continuous innovation, and shape the future of Amazon Autos and digital advertising.

In this role, you’ll regularly review designs with senior executives, working in a web services-based environment using Java on both backend systems and frontend pages. You will be an expert in Big Data technologies, developing innovative solutions for highly performant distributed systems. Proficiency in full-stack development, operational excellence, relational and non-relational databases, and strong data modeling skills are essential. You'll have opportunities to expand existing offerings and build new systems from the ground up.

You will be responsible for managing your work queue, making informed design decisions backed by data and customer insights, and navigating difficult design challenges. As an advocate for our customers, you'll have a deep understanding of our customer base, the competition, and the industry. We are seeking a Principal Engineer who can think big, conceptualize and design products with proven customer value, create technical solutions that address customer pain points, invent new interaction patterns, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. You will design and deliver experiments that drive new learnings and develop products for a global customer base.

Key job responsibilities

• Ownership for overall system architecture, technology, scalability, reliability, and performance for key AIP services in Automotive.