Description With over 90 million members, Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. As a Top 100 web destination, our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends and members of the community are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine. Our platform also helps more than 220,000 authors to connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon, Inc. As a Snr. Software Engineer, you will: 1. Take a long-term, visionary approach to architecture, proactively identifying and addressing deficiencies, and proposing innovative projects and mechanisms that drive transformative change for our business. 2. Bringing invaluable perspective and context to guide future technology choices, ensuring we remain the balance between the forefront of innovation and the cost efficiency on behalf of our customers . 3.. Exerting technical influence within and beyond our team, proactively coaching team members, increasing their contributions by sharing your knowledge, experience, and passion for excellence, and establishing strategic collaboration to drive innovation. 4. Translating complex business needs into elegant, workable technology solutions that drive customer value and business growth. 5. Work in a fast-paced environment where releases are done every 4-6 weeks. A day in the life: Senior Software Engineers at Amazon are visionary technical leaders who drive innovation and shape the future of our cutting-edge solutions. Our team works in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment that values innovation, flexibility, agility, scalability, and customer-obsession. As a Sr. SDE, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of our products and services. In this role, you'll provide technical leadership and have a significant influence on our overall strategy by establishing technical standards, driving our technical architecture, engineering practices, and methodologies. About the team Our team members are enthusiastic, friendly and supportive, with a broad mix of experience levels and tenures at Amazon. We are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing, mentorship and high quality work. Come join us build and launch great solutions. Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience - 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team Preferred Qualifications - 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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.