Software Development Engineer Internship

This is a reduced-time, temporary, non-virtual internship position based in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.

This role is designed exclusively for university bachelor's degree students currently enrolled in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Engineering or related field, and have not yet graduated.

Interns at Amazon Mexico work 6-hour shift per day, totaling 30-hours per week.

As an intern, selected candidate(s) will be matched to a manager and a mentor, and will have the opportunity to have an impact on the evolution of Amazon technology and help with critical business projects early in their careers. Our team of interns' design, code, and raw smarts will contribute to solving complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, automation, optimization, scalability, and security.

Software Development Engineering internships at Amazon are based on writing software code and collaborating with a team of tenured Software Development Engineers (SDEs) who guide project deliverables that matter to our customers. In addition to working on an impactful projects, interns will have the opportunity to engage with other Amazon employees on both personal and professional growth, expand their network, and participate in activities throughout their internship.
Interns are provided with all proper tools to own their projects and learn in a real-world setting.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
- Collaborate to design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment, and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
- Collaborate to create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
- Collaborate to 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.

About the team
Prior applying, please consider:
- Per Return to Office (RTO) guidance, selected candidate(s) will be required to work in a hybrid model: at least three days per week from Amazon corporate building in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Learn more here: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/andy-jassy-update-on-amazon-return-to-office)
- Amazon is a multinational technology company with English as its core business language and your hiring team may be located in different jurisdictions. CVs must be submitted in English in order to be eligible for consideration.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Mexico City, DIF, MEX

- Currently enrolled (not graduated) in university bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Engineering or related field.
- Understanding of programming languages as: Java, HTML/CSS, Python, SQL, C, C++.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, arrays, hash tables and graphs, problem solving and root-cause analysis.
- Intermediate/advanced English proficiency B2+ or higher.