
Software Development Engineer, Global Tax Services - Data
Seattle, WAJob$144–194K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Amazon’s Global Tax Data team seeks a Software Development Engineer to build technology and processes supporting Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance. The role tackles complex tax technology challenges, delivers solutions across teams, and works closely with stakeholders and customers. The engineer helps define, design, build, and roll out solutions, supports business processes, and expands shared tools and capabilities.
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Description
Global Tax Data (GTD) team seeks a capable and motivated individual to be a Software Development Engineer in the Tax Technology team. The role is responsible for ensuring the tax professionals of Amazon’s Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance organization (R&C) are supported in their mission by world-class technology and processes. The impact of their work is evidenced in improved efficiency in processing, empowered customers and a Tax department that continues to meet the unique challenges of Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
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Tackle tax technology challenges with scalable solutions delivered in a quick-and-nimble fashion
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Lead efforts that can involve multiple teams and deliver solutions with impact across the R&C organization
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Be trusted advisors to their R&C customers and engage on projects with high degrees of complexity and business criticality.
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Help define requirements, design, build and rollout solutions.
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Work with multiple stakeholders and manage the complexity of competing needs and timelines.
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Support customers through their business cycles, mentoring, troubleshooting and running processes as needed.
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Understand the solutions we have today, applying them where appropriate and inventing new capabilities when needed.
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Own particular processes and/or parts of our technology toolset, providing subject matter expertise and mentorship
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Listen to customers across the organization and expand our toolset to the benefit of all, avoiding point solutions.
Basic Qualifications
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3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
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2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
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Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
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3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
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1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
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1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How this job compares
Set against the 1,386 open Software Development Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$144–194K/yr
- Washington median$144–194K/yr460 salary ranges
- US median$144–194K/yr1,267 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $169K, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Software Development Engineer salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 466 open Software Development Engineer jobs in Washington and 1,386 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Development Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,220 postings).
- Education
- 576 of the 1,386 open Software Development Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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