Amazon Jobs – Development Engineer

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— This role would be located in Luxembourg —

Are you ready to relaunch your Software Development career?

Have you been out of the workforce for 1+ years? Or have you been working in a different field and want to return to a career in Software Development?

Restart your career in a fully paid Returnship Programme at Amazon with the potential to progress to a permanent full-time position.

About The Returnship Programme

This 16-week paid employment opportunity is available to you if you are looking to resume your professional career after experiencing a period of under-employment and/or unemployment.

This Programme offers you a chance to revamp your skills, update your resume with new experience, and make connections with other professionals who are returning to their careers.

Benefits Included In The Programme

• Paid, 16 week, Fixed Term Contract
• Opportunity to Work from home for the duration of the Returnship
• Flexibility – Your manager will work with you to establish the best and most productive use of your time
• Work on real-life projects
• Extensive support and mentorship to get you back up to speed
• The possibility of full-time employment at the end of the Programme and in-country relocation assistance for moving to the hiring location

Upon successful completion of the Programme, there is the potential of an offer for full-time employment which will be based in the Amazon office in Luxembourg.

Who can apply?

• For this opportunity, the Amazon Returnship Programme welcomes Returners with previous experience in Software Development to apply.
• If you have a 1+ years gap in your employment, for whatever reason, or if you are currently under-employed or employed in a different field, and want to return to Software Development, then we would like to hear from you.
• To apply you must be living in, and have the right to work full time in EU and be available to start working fulltime in the Returnship Programme if your application is successful.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Must be unemployed for 1+ years
• Is not currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program
• Open to relocate to Location of role
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software/Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Innovative and creative with Web technologies to build high performing websites and web services
• Expert knowledge of Java
• AWS Technologies such: DynamoDB, Kinesis, Elastic Search, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS
• Familiarity with Spring MVC, Angular js, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, SOAP, SQL, AWS, caching, web protocols, and web services technologies
• Experience developing software in a Unix/Linux environment

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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Company – Amazon EU SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A1850083