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Amazon Software Development Engineer , AWS Infrastructure Services in Seattle, Washington
Description
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
The ideal candidate will share our excitement about cloud computing and will be passionate about delivering high quality services. You will have good knowledge of distributed systems with design and implementation experience, as well as the ability to lead and mentor other engineers. You will be customer centric and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that requires excellent technical and communication skills. You will join a tenured team of Network Development Engineers and Systems Development Engineers. This is an opportunity to build a new service utilizing AWS technologies.
We are looking for a candidate who will be comfortable working with a broad range of data sources and solving problems at scale. As a team we proactively support knowledge-sharing and we embrace opportunities to teach company-wide. Since every business at Amazon relies on a network that runs smoothly, the right candidate will guide the business and communicate value, work collaboratively to develop pragmatic yet flexible solutions and move forward in the face ambiguity. The candidate should be willing to build good working relationships within the team and across AWS.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer, you will oversee the complete software development lifecycle—defining, prioritizing, designing, building, and testing new features.
• Operate an AWS business with globally distributed servers and customers at a massive scale.
• Understand what it takes to grow and operate a global business at our scale.
A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer, you will problem-solve and innovate in an agile, sometimes ambiguous environment. You will build creative short-term and sustainable long-term solutions with others as passionate as you about this mission. You will use data to make decisions and validate assumptions. You will learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Working at AWS on the GCNA Team
Meet Robert, VP: https://youtu.be/8v5i42FL02w
Meet Jeyanthan, Software Development Manager: https://youtu.be/5oJe4rXS3Ow
About the team
We serve many customers, and play a critical role and multiplying effect across Networking services. We run very lean and scale with the business, without repeated technical or operational burden. We use Rust, Go, Python (and many other things) in NAWS. We touch everything from embedded systems and kernel, to GRPC/Rest APIs and your favorite front-end stack (ours is React). We own and support every service across different verticals:
Product – We own solutions that provide visibility into business-driving metrics, aggregate information, trigger actions, and help leaders manage this domain.
Build and release – we own the CI/CD charter. We push commits through pipelines that compile binaries, build images, debug symbols, go through multiple stages of validation, and push updates to millions of devices across the Amazon network. We aim to simplify and reduce the time to release new content to the network, automate processes, etc.
Validation and qualification – builders use our testing frameworks to validate the OS. We own tooling for unit/integration/functional/system testing, and static analysis (but don’t own the tests). We aim to improve quality by reducing defects, increasing the expressiveness of the testing scenarios, and reducing feedback loop.
Infrastructure – we own and support datacenter labs with tooling that manages inventory, reservations, capacity auto-scaling/provisioning/recovery, sanity checks, etc. This is the underlying infrastructure of the ecosystem.
Basic Qualifications
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
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 $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.