Software Development Engineer II, FinTech General Ledger

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.