Software Development Engineer Intern 2025, Amazon
Specialized, Summer 2025
The base salary for this position ranges from $43.13/hr up to $72.02/hr
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
The base salary for this position ranges from $43.13/hr up to $72.02/hr
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- We’re on the lookout for the curious, those who think big and want to define the world of tomorrow
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or majors relating to these fields
- Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis
- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl
- Work 40 hours/week minimum and commit to 12 week internship maximum
- Expected graduation date between 10/2025 - 9/2028
Desirable
- Are enrolled in a academic program that is physically located in Canada
- Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience from a technical internship
What the job involves
- At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact, visionary person you know you’re ready to be
- Every day will be filled with exciting new challenges, developing new skills, and achieving personal growth
- Our interns write real software and collaborate with experienced software development engineers (SDEs) who guide interns on projects that matter to our customers
- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market
- Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment, and help lead fundamental changes in the industry
- Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed
- Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use
- Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software
- As an intern, you will be matched to a manager and a mentor
- You will have the opportunity to influence the evolution of Amazon technology and lead mission critical projects early in your career
- Your design, code, and raw smarts will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, automation, optimization, scalability, and security – just to name a few
- In addition to working on an impactful project, you will have the opportunity to engage with Amazonians for both personal and professional development, expand your network, and participate in activities with other interns throughout your internship
- No matter the location of your internship, we give you the tools to own your project and learn in a real-world setting
- Many of our technologies overlap, and you would be hard pressed to find a team that is not using Amazon Web Services (AWS), touching the catalogue, or iterating services to better personalize for customers
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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