Job Information
Amazon Sr. Software Development Engineer, EC2 Cordite in Sunnyvale, California
Description
AWS EC2 Nitro Local Storage is building the foundation of cloud local instance storage platforms at scale. We power customer workloads across industry from startups through the Fortune 500 enterprises.
We provide a virtualized hardware-accelerated instance storage solutions for EC2 instances. instance types. Our solutions are designed for workloads that require high, read and write access to very large data sets on local storage such as relational and NoSQL databases, analytics, search engines, and data warehousing.
We are looking for a passionate fungible software engineer to develop and operate our EC2 local storage services. You will be hands-on operating the Cloud services to enhance our fleet observability and automate any required remediation. You will design new service to scale our fleet and enable new instances. You will also mentor junior engineers and influence product roadmaps for our customers.
Key job responsibilities
Lead projects that require the work of multiple engineers.
Own team architecture, providing a system-wide view and design guidance. Become a key influencer in team strategy and goals.
Set a culture of robust and exemplary software development practices in terms of code organization, clarity, simplicity, error handling, and documentation.
Influence your team’s long-term technical investments by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach.
Design and develop tools to scale on testing, fleet observability and diagnose issues.
Actively coach or mentor multiple other engineers.
A day in the life
We puts a high value on work-life balance. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sunnyvale, CA, 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
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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.