Job Information
Amazon Sr. Software Development Engineer, Traffic Engineering in New York, New York
Description
The Amazon Traffic Management team owns the critical software layer that accepts, filters, and routes all web traffic from the public Internet to it's many websites. This software routes and manages traffic, detects and blocks robot and security threats, and enables Amazon's businesses to quickly and safely launch new websites and new countries.
Our team is starting new projects in utilizing Content Delivery Network providers (CDN) to innovate and take Amazon to the next level in scale and security. If you love building high performance software that's focused on best-in-class architecture, data processing, and security, we have the job for you.
Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate is a champion of engineering excellence and improves quality, consistency, maintainability, performance, and security with every code commit. In addition, he/she contributes elegant, practical code that solves the most difficult problems at Amazon scale.
There are no limits to the contribution and impact this role can have, so get ready to make history!
About the team
Our team is embarking on a journey to develop the next generation of networking software for customers. Your work will be highly visible and is instrumental in helping Amazon serve record breaking amounts everyday including flagship events such as Prime Day. If you love building high performance software that's focused on best-in-class networking, data processing, security, and leverages AWS technologies, we have the job for you.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
New York, NY, USA
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.