Software Development Engineer - Prime

Amazon.com hires people from all types of backgrounds, into positions based all over the world. We recruit the best and brightest. Why Join Amazon.com? At Amazon, we believe that every day is still Day One. A day to take a first step. A day to look forward to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be a part of something great. Your day to make your ideas come to life. And your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and excitement behind Amazon. Software Development Engineer - Prime Like Amazon.com, the customer facing part of Prime is just the tip of the iceberg; underneath lies a large, complex set of machinery and processes that make it all look intuitive, simple, effortless and sometimes suprisingly insightful.  We have great opportunities, challenging technology and business problems, and rock solid software and services that are still evolving by leaps and bounds.  Our team is one that has, is and will continue to make a difference and in the end, move mountains.  We think deeply, carefully and big about our customers, technology, business challenges, team and Amazon in everything we do, every day.    The Prime team seeks creative developers and engineers who are craftsmen and take great pride in both the technical and business contribution of their work.  You will be given the chance to have a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers as we take this start-up loyalty program into its third year (see http://www.amazon.com/prime).   As a member of the Prime team, you will help invent new features, design, develop and deploy highly scalable and reliable distributed services, and deliver an unparalleled level of information to our business and customers.  You will work with a variety of core languages and technologies including Java, C++, Perl/Mason, linux, Oracle, and Berkeley DBs. Individuals interested in this position should have experience in building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex, multitiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture).  The ideal candidate will have experience working with C++, Java, relational databases, and distributed computing technologies.  Experience in data mining and data analysis is a big plus, but not required.