Senior Systems Development Engineer Pantheon

Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the worlds most complex technical problems Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the worlds largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations

Amazon Web Services (AWS) builds and operates some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet; providing companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS customers provision compute power storage database and other cloud resources as their business demands them. To meet the growing demand for AWS Services around the globe we need exceptionally motivated people who are driven by learning and innovation.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3 and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2 to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

If you join us youll be part of a worldclass team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a startup. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale and to gain world class experience in cloud computing. Youll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing believe that first class service is critical to customer success and are committed to improvement.


Key job responsibilities
WHAT DOES A SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER DO AT AMAZON

On a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of customer issue investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way consult with top engineers at Amazon or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.

Our systems development engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills. Experienced systems development engineers often have leadership impact on their teams by becoming subject matter experts on several services. They develop build deploy operate sustain and grow the services in cloud production environments. They are able to utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements. They help develop and refine procedures used by their team and internal customers. They are able to develop at a high standard and can deal with new and ambiguous problem domains while consistently delivering customer impacting change.

Our systems development engineers spend time:

Automating the worlds most advanced cloud computing infrastructure
Simplifying and reinventing systems processes and tools to make things better for our customers
Building unique solutions to our customers technical problems
Studying and learning from industry recognized Amazon senior and Principal engineers.
Coaching hiring and developing team members

We own our services and believe in making outofhours support as painless as possible.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employeeled 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 & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing mentorship and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value worklife 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 theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby etc.
Administrative experience in networking storage systems operating systems and handson systems engineering experience
Professional software development experience
Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking storage operating systems)


Experience in automating deploying and supporting largescale infrastructure
Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
Experience with Linux/Unix

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