Principal Software Engineer, FinAuto - Payables Tech, Payables Tech

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DESCRIPTION :

Principal Engineers provide technical leadership at Amazon.com. They help establish technical standards and drive Amazon's overall technical architecture, engineering practices, and engineering methodologies. They work on our hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. They think globally when building systems, ensuring Amazon.com builds high performing, scalable systems that fit well together.

Principal Engineers are pragmatic visionaries who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions. Their expertise is deep and broad. They are hands on, producing both detailed technical work and high-level architectural designs.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Senior Managers and Directors, influencing planning strategy and trade-offs.
• Align teams, organizations, and architectures to a coherent vision, taking ownership of design, quality, security, availability, technology choices, OE, and maintenance characteristics.
• Leverage unique technical expertise to drive innovative and game-changing choices, knowing when to apply incremental approaches or recommend major refactor / re-architecture efforts.
• Educate the broader technical community, share knowledge, collaborate with Senior Engineers and Tech Managers, and guide the career growth of others.
• Influence at all levels - from business strategy to implementation. You will own direct technical contributions for some areas and in others you will influence and direct at the architectural level.
• Leading by example, you will demonstrate technical excellence that other engineers aspire to follow and will take time to mentor and develop team members

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