
Location: Hyderabad / Chennai / Delhi
As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you have industry-leading technical abilities and demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. You build software to deliver business impact, making smart technology choices. You work in a team and drive things forward.
Top Skills
• You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code, often in Java or C++.
• You recognize and adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.
• You have experience building scalable software systems that are high-performance, highly-available, highly transactional, low latency and massively distributed.
Roles & Responsibilities
• You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.
• You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.
• You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.
• You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.
• You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.
• You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.
• You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.
• You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.
• You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively.
Skills & Experience
• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or relevant technical field.
• Experience in software development and full product life-cycle.
• Excellent programming skills in any object oriented programming languages - preferably Java, C/C++/C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.
• Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.
About Amazon.com
“Many of the problems we face have no textbook solution, and so we-happily-invent new ones.” – Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com – a place where builders can build. We hire the world's brightest minds and offer them an environment in which they can invent and innovate to improve the experience for our customers. A Fortune 100 company based in Seattle, Washington, Amazon is the global leader in e-commerce. Amazon offers everything from books and electronics to apparel and diamond jewelry. We operate sites in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and United States, and maintain dozens of fulfillment centers around the world which encompass more than 26 million square feet.
Technological innovation drives the growth of Amazon, offering our customers more selection, convenient shopping, and low prices. Amazon Web Services provides developers and small to large businesses access to the horizontally scalable state of the art cloud infrastructure like S3, EC2, AMI, CloudFront and SimpleDB, that powers Amazon.com. Developers can build any type of business on Amazon Web Services and scale their application with growing business needs.
We want you to help share and shape our mission to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of invention that is part of our DNA. We do this every day by inventing elegant and simple solutions to complex technical and business problems. We're making history and the good news is that we've only just begun.
About Amazon India
Amazon teams in India work on complex business challenges to innovate and create efficient solutions that enable various Amazon businesses, including Amazon websites across the world as well as support Payments, Transportation, and Digital products and services like the Kindle family of tablets, e-readers and the store. We are proud to have some of the finest talent and strong leaders with proven experience working to make Amazon the Earth’s most customer-centric company.
We made our foray into the Indian market with the launch of Junglee.com, enabling retailers in India to advertise their products to millions of Indian shoppers and drive targeted traffic to their stores. In June 2013, we launched www.amazon.in for shoppers in India. With www.amazon.in, we endeavor to give customers more of what they want – low prices, vast selection, fast and reliable delivery, and a trusted and convenient online shopping experience. In just over a year of launching our India operations, we have expanded our offering to ovear 18 million products across 36 departments and 100s of categories! Our philosophy of working backwards from the customers is what drives our growth and success.
We will continue to strive to become a trusted and meaningful sales and logistics channel for retailers of all sizes across India and a fast, reliable and convenient online shopping destination for consumers. For us, it is always “Day 1” and we are committed to aggressively invest over the long-term and relentlessly focus on raising the bar for customer experience in India.
Amazon India offers opportunities where you can dive right in, work with smart people on challenging problems and make an impact that contributes to the lives of millions. Join us so you can - Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History.

About Amazon India
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Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.
Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world.
Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind.
You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1." What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.
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- Job Title: Lead Software Engineer - Java, Python, API Development
- Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provider
- Domain - Information technology (IT)
- Experience Required: 8-10 years
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Job Location: Pune & Trivandrum/ Thiruvananthapuram
- CTC Range: Best in Industry
Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Python to design, build, and optimize scalable backend applications and APIs. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in cloud technologies, large-scale data processing, and leading the design of high-performance, reliable backend systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java and Python
- Build and optimize Java-based APIs for large-scale data processing
- Ensure high performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems
- Architect and manage backend services on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready solutions
- Lead technical design discussions and guide best practices
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend software development
- Strong proficiency in Java and Python
- Proven experience building scalable APIs and data-driven applications
- Hands-on experience with cloud services and distributed systems
- Solid understanding of databases, microservices, and API performance optimization
Nice to Have
- Experience with Spring Boot, Flask, or FastAPI
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
- Exposure to Kafka, Spark, or other big data tools
Skills
Java, Python, API Development, Data Processing, AWS Backend
Skills: Java, API development, Data Processing, AWS backend, Python,
Must-Haves
Java (8+ years), Python (8+ years), API Development (8+ years), Cloud Services (AWS/GCP/Azure), Database & Microservices
8+ years of experience in backend software development
Strong proficiency in Java and Python
Proven experience building scalable APIs and data-driven applications
Hands-on experience with cloud services and distributed systems
Solid understanding of databases, microservices, and API performance optimization
Mandatory Skills: Java API AND AWS
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Notice period - 0 to 15 days only
Job stability is mandatory
Location: Pune, Trivandrum
We are solving complex technical problems in the financial industry and need talented software engineers to join our mission and be a part of a global software development team.
A brilliant opportunity to become a part of a highly motivated and expert team which has made a mark as a high-end technical consulting.
Job Description:
• Experience in Core Java, Spring Boot.
• Experience in microservices.
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale systems for global organization. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should be able to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS in SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle or DB2
• Good knowledge of multi-threading
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should be able to express their design ideas and thoughts.
About Wissen Technology:
Wissen Technology is a niche global consulting and solutions company that brings unparalleled domain expertise in Banking and Finance, Telecom and Startups. Wissen Technology is a part of Wissen Group and was established in the year 2015. Wissen has offices in the US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada, with best-in-class infrastructure and development facilities. Wissen hassuccessfully delivered projects worth $1 Billion for more than 25 of the Fortune 500 companies. The Wissen Group overall includes more than 4000 highly skilled professionals.
Wissen Technology provides exceptional value in mission critical projects for its clients, through thought leadership, ownership, and assured on-time deliveries that are always ‘first time right’.
Our team consists of 1200+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership and senior management executives who have graduated from Ivy League Universities like Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and with rich work experience in some of the biggest companies in the world.
Wissen Technology offers an array of services including Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation.
We have been certified as a Great Place to Work® for two consecutive years (2020-2022) and voted as the Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider.
BE/BTech/BS or equivalent
7+ years of experience in Java and Spring Boot
Strong fundamentals in data structure, algorithm, and object-oriented programming
4+ years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and delivering large-scale (distributed) system
architecture with complex software design, high scalability and availability.
Extensive experience with technical leadership, defining visions/solutions and collaborating/driving to see
them to completion.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience with any RDBMS and strong SQL knowledge
Comfortable with Unix / Linux command line
Nice to have Skills
Experience with Big Data platforms like Hadoop / Hive / Presto
Experience with ML/AI frameworks like TensorFlow, H20, etc
Used Key Value stores or noSQL databases
Good understanding of docker and container platforms like Mesos and Kubernetes
Security-first architecture approach
Application benchmarking and optimization
Experience 2- 6 years within SW development
Excellent C/C++ and object-oriented programming skills
Excellent design analysis skills, including experience with software modeling,
Excellent on Linux for CLI or SNMP management related layer for L2 or L3 switches
Experience in telecom is a plus
Flexible, innovative, and driven
Structured and thorough with analytical and troubleshooting skills
Highly motivated team player
Agile way of working
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, both verbal and written •
• 7+ years of experience in Java/Node.js, REST/Graph QL, Redis on AWS Fargate • Design and develop high quality back-end code (Node.js/Go/JAVA) • Excellent in one or more Go, Java, Node.js skills • In-depth knowledge of Restful / GraphQL API, JSON.
• Experience with CI/CD and tools like Git, Bitbucket and Jenkins.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL) and experience in NoSQL (e.g., Graph DB, MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Developing new software applications, features, and distributed services that support a high-scale web application
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment; continuous deployment, test-driven development, agile methodologies
• Stay current with the latest back-end technologies and best practices and share your findings with the team
• Help evolve our backend stack and mentor our other developers when it comes to patterns and best practices
• Work as part of an agile team across a variety of application domains
• Write structured, tested, readable and maintainable code • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distributed knowledge
• Ability to contribute to each step of the product development process (ideation, implementation, and release)
• Experience with performance tuning, profiling, and debugging applications
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Proven working experience in backend app development and experience with Node JS.
- Build advanced ecommerce backend applications for the multiple client platforms (both React and Android).
- Understanding of design principles and good architecture patterns.
- Proper Data Structures and Algorithm knowledge is a must.
- Graph QL and Apollo Server knowledge.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. Work with outside data sources and APIs like the one of Unicommerce.
- Create Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
- Have a good understanding of CI/CD tools (any).
- Robust knowledge of popular databases like MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis etc;
- Knowledge about AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3 is super plus.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE
- Node JS.
- Data Structures and Algorithm
- HTML5 and CSS3
- Graph QL and Apollo Server
- MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis
- AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
- Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
- Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
- Great organisational and time management skills.
- Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours
Software Development Engineer – SDE 2.
As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you have industry-leading technical abilities and demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. You build software to deliver business impact, making smart technology choices. You work in a team and drive things forward.
Top Skills
You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code, often in Java or C++ or C#
You recognize and adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.
You have experience building scalable software systems that are high-performance, highly-available, highly transactional, low latency and massively distributed.
Roles & Responsibilities
You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.
You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.
You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.
You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.
You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.
You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.
You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.
You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.
You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively.
Skills & Experience
Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or relevant technical field.
Experience in software development and full product life-cycle.
Excellent programming skills in any object-oriented programming languages - preferably Java, C/C++/C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby.
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.
Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.

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What you'll do
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What you bring
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- Databases: You have a good understanding of database concepts like query optimization, indexing, transactions, sharding, replication etc.
- Data pipelines: You have a working knowledge of distributed data processing systems.
- Engineer at heart: You thrive on writing great code and have a strong appreciation for modular, testable and maintainable code, and make sure to document it. You have the ability to take new initiatives and questioning status quo.
- Passion & Drive to learn and excel: You believe in our vision. You drive the product for the better, always looking to improve things, and soon become the go-to person to talk to on something that you mastered along. You love dabbling in your own side-projects and learning new skills that are not necessarily part of your normal day job.
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- Teamwork: You should be helpful and work well with teams. You’re probably someone who enjoys sharing knowledge with team-mates, asking for help when they need it.
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