Software Development Engineer AWS Kinesis Data Streams

Leading brands like Epic Games Lyft AirBnB and Vanguard use Amazon Kinesis Data Streams as their foundation for realtime streaming data. With Amazon Kinesis Data Streams customers process Gigabytes per second of realtime user engagement data for gaming and marketing analytics build realtime IoT sensor data analytics solutions analyze millions of financial transactions in real time perform network intrusion detection for security analytics transform and load logs into data lakes and much more. These customers choose Kinesis Data Streams because it is a fullymanaged service that makes realtime streaming data ingestion and processing reliable easy and at low cost. Tens of thousands of customers worldwide ranging from large commercial enterprises federal and state governments regulated industries like healthcare and finance to small startups have moved from batch to streaming with Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and we are just getting started.

We are currently looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate is excited about the incredible opportunity that cloud computing represents and is passionate about delivering high quality services in a hypergrowth environment where priorities can shift fast. As a member of our team youll work alongside outstanding engineers and leaders refine product requirements with product and program managers define architecture and be a leader in the implementation and launch of software.

All team members actively participate in product definition technical architecture review iterative development code review and operations. Along with this youll have the opportunity to interact with enterprise customers to ensure their needs are met clear professional communication with teammates and customers is an important part of the job.

Cloud computing represents a fundamental shift in how businesses think about managing their information needs. While this emerging area of computing has seen tremendous growth over the past few years we are still in the early stages of realizing its full potential. Were looking for a smart passionate and detail oriented engineer to help us continue to define this exciting new technology.

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.


Key job responsibilities
You solve difficult problems applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
You work with your team to invent design and build software that is stable and performant.
You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them (and when it is not). Your solutions are pragmatic.
You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand.
You limit the use of shortterm workarounds. You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity).
You create flexible software without overengineering. You make appropriate tradeoffs reuse where possible and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
You are efficient with resource usage (e.g. system hardware database memory/CPU etc.
You work on project ideas with customers stakeholders and peers


About the team
Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is
why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home
theres nothing we cant achieve.

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 (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our
uniqueness.

Mentorship and 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 better
rounded professional.

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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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.