| Job Title | Software Development Engineer – MENA Payments |
| Company | Amazon |
| Team | Amazon Digital & Emerging Payments Tech (MENA Payments) |
| Job ID | 3173605 |
| Job Code | ADCI MAA 15 SEZ |
| Job Category | Software Development |
| Employment Type | Full Time |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Work Model | Onsite |
| Job Overview | Design and build highly scalable, secure, and distributed payment systems delivering seamless payment experiences for Amazon’s global customers |
| Team Vision | Deliver the best payment experience in the world through robust, customer-centric payment technologies |
| Role Summary | Technical engineer responsible for building innovative, high-volume applications across front-end and back-end systems in a global payments ecosystem |
| Technology Scope | Distributed systems, backend services, Android/front-end development, payment platforms |
| System Characteristics | Highly available, fault-tolerant systems ensuring order processing even during downstream failures |
| Leadership Expectation | Act as a technical leader; guide architecture decisions and steer systems toward long-term vision |
| Security Focus | Continuously analyze software for security threats to protect customer trust |
| Key Responsibilities | Solve business problems; design, build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software solutions |
| Engineering Practices | Follow best practices for quality, durability, performance, cost efficiency, and security |
| Development Environment | Agile, fast-paced, startup-like culture focused on high-impact work |
| Distributed Systems | Design and implement high-quality distributed system software |
| Experience Required | 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience |
| Architecture Experience | 2+ years designing or architecting scalable and reliable systems |
| Programming Skills | Proficiency in at least one programming language |
| SDLC Experience | Full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, testing, deployment, and operations |
| Preferred Experience | 3+ years hands-on experience across complete SDLC |
| Soft Skills | Problem-solving mindset, ownership, ability to work on complex systems |
| Career Growth | High-visibility role with opportunities to work on global-scale systems |
| Accessibility Support | Workplace accommodations available during hiring and onboarding |
| Equal Opportunity | Amazon is an equal opportunity employer |
| Related Roles | Software Development Engineer II – Amazon Shipping, AGI Data Services |
| Primary Country | India |
| Business Domain | Digital Payments, FinTech, E-commerce |
