Software Development Engineer, Hiring Intelligence, Science & Experimentation (HIRISE)

Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) Team Opportunity

Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to make a massive impact? Hiring top talent is not only critical to Amazon's successit can literally change the world. It took a lot of great hires to deliver innovations like AWS, Prime, and Alexa, which make life better for millions of customers around the world every day. As part of the Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) team, you'll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy that Amazon's Talent Acquisition operations need.

ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals and more. Our shared goal is to fairly and precisely connect the right people to the right jobs. Last year, we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments, replacing the "game of chance" with a merit-based approach that gives candidates the chance to showcase their true skills. Each year we help Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of associates in the right quantity, at the right location and at exactly the right time. You'll work on state-of-the-art research, advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms to solve complex hiring challenges. Leveraging Amazon's in-house tech stack built on AWS, you'll have the autonomy and flexibility to bring innovative solutions to life. One day, we can bring these solutions to the rest of the world. Join ITA in using cutting-edge technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead development and launch of some of the core product features to help with processing analytics at scale.
• Have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features.
• Drive the system architecture.
• Spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

A Day in the Life

You are perfect for this role if you...

• Possess a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products.
• Commit to team work and possess strong communication skills, with both business and technical partners.
• Create reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires exceptional technical expertise.
• Have a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• Thrive and succeed in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.

About the Team

Within ITA, the Hiring Intelligence, Science & Experimentation (HIRISE) team transforms data and insights into action with interactive, personalized products and online assessments that drive Amazon's hiring of top-tier candidates. Rooted in simplicity, scalability, and sustainability, HIRISE is a central software development service for ITA, striving to build an integrated intelligence hub that serves stakeholders worldwide. Our products enable recruiting partners to make impactful, strategic decisions by fairly evaluating candidates, while also uncovering future trends in hiring data. Working at the intersection of data insights and advanced candidate evaluation, you will use speed and experimentation to create flexible solutions that adapt to rapid business growth and produce 10x value for our customers.