Do you want to work hard have fun and make history Do you think fast dive deep and get things done Were looking for someone to join the AWS Client VPN team to help AWS customers connect to their workloads through traditional VPN connectivity and new Zero Trust principals. As a member of the team youll work on the core capabilities customers use for enabling their employees to securely connect to their AWS resources. Our team launched AWS Client VPN in 2018 and are continuing to work directly with customers to address additional needs and incorporate additional features. This is your chance to help create the tools AWS customers will use to secure connectivity for their employees when connecting to their AWS resources.
As an SDE you will be responsible for designing developing testing and deploying zero trust systems. You will collaborate closely with a team of engineers to influence our overall strategy and define the teams roadmap. You will also help drive the system architecture spearhead best practices that enable a quality product and help coach and develop junior engineers. A successful candidate will have an established background in engineering large scale software systems a strong technical ability great communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
As an SDE II you will be engineering one or more of the core components of the AWS Client VPN service. You will contribute to the design of these components and work closely with other engineers on the team to deliver a reliable scalable service. You will have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and help them be successful.
A day in the life
This is a unique and rare opportunity to help shape the technology product and business. You will have a chance to utilize your technical experience to make an impact for AWS customers.
About the team
AWS Client VPN develops managed secure connectivity between customers employees and their AWS resources 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location 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. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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