Managing trillions of objects in storage retrieving them in subx ms building software that deploys to tens of thousands of hosts achieving 99.(you didnt read that wrong thats 11 nines! durability. These are just a few of the numbers that give you a sense of the scale of the exciting problems you will find every day working in Simple Storage Service (S3. Amazon S3 powers businesses across e globe that make the lives of consumers better daily. Whether its electronic content delivered to your home technology that betters your remote working experience allows you to plan travel to exotic places or simply get stuff delivered to your home.
As a Software Engineer working on the S3 Replication team you will design and develop globally distributed highly available services that provide robust safe and scalable ways for customers to utilize multiregion storage strategies within the applications. You will operate in a fast paced environment and follow agile methodologies with a high level of ownership. Expect to ship software today that impacts millions of customers tomorrow.
Creating a reliable scalable and flexible web service requires exceptional technical expertise a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science and practical experience building largescale . You should be somebody who enjoys working on hard computing problems is customercentric and feels strongly not only about building good software but about making that software achieve its goals in operational reality. Come join us and help solve a challenging set of problems in a space packed of opportunities.
Utility Computing (UC)
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.
About the team
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3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
3 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
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
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The base salary for this position ranges from $114800/year up to $191800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.