Software Development Engineer

This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen and be eligible to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Do you want to help lead the cloud revolution and build software that thrives at immense scale

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world leader in providing a highly reliable scalable lowcost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world!

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.

Key job responsibilities

Collaborate with experienced crossdisciplinary Amazonians to conceive design and bring innovative products and services to market.
Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
Build distributed storage index and query systems that are scalable faulttolerant low cost and easy to manage/use.
Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
Work in an agile environment to deliver highquality software.

Join our team and see for yourself why AWS is best place to build amazing things including your career.


About the team
Inclusive Team Culture

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Bachelors Degree or higher in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related fields with a graduation date between May 2023 September 2025 or graduated within the last 24 months.
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including objectoriented design
Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in objectoriented design data structures algorithm design problem solving and complexity analysis


Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C C Java or Perl
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and management to collect requirements describe software product features and technical designs


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