Software Development Engineer Direct connect

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

We are designing and delivering software at Amazon scale to manage and upgrade the AWS networka large part of what makes up the global internet. Our team is responsible for the endtoend deployment of all changes to configurations operating systems and other artefacts that run the Amazon network encompassing millions of network devices worldwide. We design author and vend the software infrastructure ourselves to safely reliably predictably and quickly roll out changes to the fleet. Humans make mistakes so despite the size and complexity of our problem space we feel its important that our solutions be simple and use as little human interaction as possible. We are searching for software engineers who thrive writing distributed software systems that work at immense scale who have a passion for elegant software written with the highest standards in mind and who believe in a customerdriven approach to system.

We are a group of engineers that value diverse perspectives collaborate freely and believe we should help each other succeed (and fail) as a team. We love to learn and take ownership for our work and we think you probably do too. As a member of our team you will have opportunities to stretch your skills whether that means resolving deep algorithmic knots in our backend services or designing a better user experience for our technical users. We are often the first team to do what we do: theres no StackOverflow article for that!

Key job responsibilities
Write clean maintainable and efficient code to develop scalable software solutions.
Drive system designs and make design decisions considering the tradeoffs.
Finding innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
Working with crossfunctional teams across many time zones.
Mentoring junior engineers and conducting code reviews.
Participating in oncall rotations.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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 (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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.


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

Acknowledgement of country:
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IDE statement:
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