Software Development Engineer AWS Vetting

The position is based in Seattle WA.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build massively scalable systems that are used by the worlds largest cloud infrastructures
Would you enjoy broad yet equally deep scope that impacts all AWS systems globally
AWS Vetting continues to pioneer and our team is architecting building and operating scalable services that are at the core of AWS infrastructure.

What do we do
We build platforms and tools that ensure the health of AWS hardware by testing every new and rebuilt system across all AWS data centers. Our platform enables service owners such as EC2 EBS S3 and other to deliver healthy servers for their service to the production. Our team leads a largescale service that sets the bar for Amazon and the industry in platform level services effectively enabling the hardware at scale by designing and developing the software that manages the verification and testing of every server in AWS.

Why its highimpact
We set the bar high to ensure that AWS customers get the capacity they need to run their applications on a healthy hardware server within an SLA
Whats the challenge
There are many ambiguous and difficult challenges in our fastmoving space. Our platform is mission critical and requires deep system and software expertise. You need to have the ability to work within a fast moving and startuplike environment in a large company. You will identify solutions trying ideas given space to fail and iterate to produce products that your customers love.

What you will do
You will be a part of a team to build the next generation of platform level software and systems that enables us to deliver healthy hardware to AWS customers. You design and deliver technology solutions which solve difficult business problems.

Who would succeed in this role
Deeply technical engineers who stay close to the customer as well as the systems architecture and design. They think about customer experience and the outcome. A person who works autonomously and dives deep in to a problem to deeply understand how things work when to make subtle change and when to disrupt the status quo to achieve the right results.

Key job responsibilities
Solve complex problems applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
Focus on a major portion of existing or new team software including large or significant component set of features midsize application or service.
Work with your team to invent design and build software that is stable and performant. You write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand.
Work on project ideas with customers stakeholders peers and helping balance customer requirements with team requirements.
You help your team evolve by actively participating in the code review process design discussions team planning and ticket/metric/COE reviews.
Improve and focus on operational excellence constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions.
Work to resolve the root cause of complex problems leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it.
As needed support training new teammates on how your teams software is constructed how it operates how secure it is and how it fits into the bigger picture.

About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
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 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

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.

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. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a betterrounded professional 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

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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.