Software Development Engineer Route 53

Do you want to build globalscale infrastructure using code Do you love solving challenging and interesting technical problems to run an AWS tierzero service If yes this may well be the exciting opportunity youre looking for.

Our team tackles some of the most challenging problems in availability scalability security and performance to build a global service. At Route 53 we serve billions of customer DNS queries a day with a daunting and realistic 100 availability SLA. Route 53 at AWS is a tierzero networking service and as a result our operational bar is very high. We are a core service to all AWS and interact directly with customers and their endusers.

Your primary responsibilities will include: developing new services and features; writing and building infrastructureascode; designing systems; addressing availability performance and capacity issues; and helping us to operate our global service running the service endtoend. You will need to perform data analysis to optimize our products and keep raising our operational bar. You will troubleshoot diagnose and fix production software issues by: developing automation for infrastructure buildouts; developing monitoring solutions; performing software maintenance and configuration; implementing fixes for internallydeveloped code (Ruby Java JavaScript); and updating tracking and resolving interesting technical challenges.

We would love to hear from your if you are detailoriented having great verbal and written communication skills strong organizational skills able to juggle multiple tasks at once able to work independently and can maintain a professional approach under pressure. You must have the mindset and attitude to identify problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages. We hope youre an individual who enjoys working in teams be able to prioritize your workload and maintain a high bar in making designs while operating our services. You will also be a technical mentor for other engineers.

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 while having fun and having a great worklife harmony. Our senior members enjoy oneonone mentoring and thorough code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a betterrounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. This way we all win together.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on worklife balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to lifelong happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. This position involves oncall responsibilities typically for one week every three months. We dont like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we dont get paged for the same issue twice.

Inclusive and Diverse
Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employeeled affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Mentorship & Career Growth
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 oneonone mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a betterrounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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.