Software Development Engineer, Elastic Block Storage, Server Durability Engine

Software Development Engineer - AWS EBS Data Plane - Durability Engine

Amazon Web Services is looking for engineers to help us define and build the future of computing. The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service delivers high performance virtualized storage in the cloud for EC2. Durable and performant storage is a key building block for any application and as a member of the EBS team youll work alongside exceptional engineers and leaders to develop and operate one of the largest distributed storage systems in the world.

We are looking for a software development engineer for the storage- and durability-focused data plane group that owns core EBS logic and contributes to a broad and strategic set of projects. You will be part of a team of engineers that develop and maintain the components enabling EBS storage high durability and performance.





Key job responsibilities
You will collaborate with and learn from the industrys best minds to solve interesting and challenging problems at an enormous scale on a daily basis. This collaboration extends beyond just the team in EBS. You will have the opportunity to work with many other teams in AWS to build a secure performant and reliable system.

A day in the life
The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) organization delivers high-performing virtualized storage in the cloud for Amazon Web Services. This is a foundational AWS service on which most other AWS services depend. Our teams software sits at the heart of all our customers disk I/O. Being at the heart of much of what AWS does presents numerous opportunities for growth along any engineering vector you are interested in.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were 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 that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.


About the team
The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) organization delivers high-performing virtualized storage in the cloud for Amazon Web Services. This is a foundational AWS service on which most other AWS services depend. Our teams software sits at the heart of all our customers disk I/O. Being at the heart of much of what AWS does presents numerous opportunities for growth along any engineering vector you are interested in.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.


- 2 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 2 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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