Software Development Engineer II, Retail Foundation Systems

Description Our team manages purchase orders, supplier contracts, and retail offer intent data for global operations. We focus on eliminating defects and increasing data accuracy to optimize product procurement and customer pricing. Key job responsibilities Architecture design and implementation of next generation data pipelines and BI solutions Manage cloud infrastructure and database resources Build and deliver high quality data architecture and pipelines to support business analyst, data scientists, and customer reporting needs Interface with other technology teams to extract, transform, and load data from a wide variety of data sources Continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service support for customers A day in the life Amazon's Retail Foundation Systems (RFS) is responsible for enabling our Retail business supporting over $250B in annual procurement. RFS orchestrates across procurement catalog, supplier contracts, and retail operations to deliver the best selection and prices to our customers while optimizing vendor success and category team efficiency. In 2025, we invested in shifting to vendor-first data architecture by adopting vendor-contributed data (GDSN, PH) as primary sources and reducing reliance on reconciled data by 64%, improving transparency in supplier contracts reducing disputes and we experimented with GenAI to deep dive EID defects and add more intelligence into our cost management. We view 2025 as a stabilization year after the APM/RFS transition in 2024. We've used the learnings from this year to develop new ideas in 2026 that will generate incremental value to our customers both internal and external and we acknowledge that these will continue to evolve through end of year. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Preferred Qualifications - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.