Software Dev Engineer, Payroll Integrations

Amazon's Payroll Technology organization is building the future of payroll processing at unprecedented scale — serving over 1.7 million employees across 50+ countries. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join our Payroll Integrations team and help design, build, and operate mission-critical systems that ensure every Amazonian gets paid accurately and on time. As an SDE II on this team, you will own end-to-end delivery of distributed systems that process and orchestrate employee payroll data across multiple upstream and downstream systems. You'll work on high-throughput data pipelines, configuration-driven integration frameworks, and automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve payroll accuracy at global scale. Your work will directly impact the employee experience for over a million people worldwide. Key job responsibilities What You'll Do • Design, develop, and maintain scalable, highly available services that power 65+ payroll integrations across multiple countries and vendors • Build and optimize data pipelines that process employee lifecycle events — from new hires to terminations — ensuring timely and accurate data delivery to payroll systems • Drive technical design decisions, author design documents, and collaborate with Principal Engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects • Own operational excellence for production systems, including monitoring, alarming, on-call support, and continuous improvement of system reliability • Identify and resolve ambiguous problems, propose innovative solutions, and raise the bar on engineering quality across the team • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing