Software Development Engineer Intern

Join Amazon as a Software Development Engineer Intern

Are you passionate about solving business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on cutting-edge, scalable services technology in a team environment? If so, Amazon is looking for talented Software Development Engineer Interns to join our team in Luxembourg.

About the Role

As a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon, you will have the opportunity to work on industry-defining projects that move the needle. You will collaborate with experienced software development engineers to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. Our interns write real software and contribute to projects that matter to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services.
• 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.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

A Day in the Life

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at the time of application.
• Familiarity with the syntax of languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python.
• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous technical internship(s) if applicable.
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization.
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as the ability to think abstractly.

Internship Duration

We offer two different internship durations:

• 3 months
• 6 months

Please ensure to indicate your availability during the application process.

Why Amazon?

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail.

Join us and define tomorrow. At Amazon, you’ll say it often: your work changes the world.

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.