Sr Software Dev Engineer AWS Usage Forecast Planning
Sr Software Dev Engineer AWS Usage Forecast Planning
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The AWS Usage Forecast Planning team engages with all AWS service teams to build the worlds largest Cloud infrastructure. Come make history!
We own software systems for generating a reliable feasible and explainable Usage Plans for all the AWS Services. Our goal is to be able to simulate the usage plans with revenue cost and efficiency implications in a faster reliable and explainable way. Our main objective is to perform usage planning to create forecast which helps power all the AWS services physical infrastructure needs. As part of EC2 Core Platform we aim to strike a nimble balance between capacity availability and utilization.
We provide usage forecasts for all AWS services and automate the planning of hardware to support our rapidly growing business. We apply advanced forecasting data mining and machine learning techniques to predict customer demand growth. We also build supportability models for foundational AWS services and identify their planning bottlenecks to serve everincreasing customer demand. Combining the usage forecast and the supportability models we generate plan of record that optimize across customer experience and hardware utilization. Our software drives the many billions of dollars in CapEx that AWS spends every year and our projects help improve AWS utilization to reduce CapEx by 100s of millions of dollars every year.
On technology front we use Scala Java Python JavaScript Lambda DynamoDB as well as other public AWS services and Amazoninternal tools. We are looking for someone who is passionate about data and problem solving. We dont expect you to be an expert in or necessarily familiar with all of these technologies but we expect you to be excited to learn.
What we own:
Building a worldclass forecasting platform that scales to handling billions of time series data in real time.
Expanding planning models and systems for each AWS service in the fastgrowing AWS product portfolio.
Finding out the optimal tradeoff between AWS service availability and fleet utilization.
Driving fleet efficiency improvement where each 1 means millions of additional free cash flow.
Automating tactical and strategic capacity planning tools to optimize for service availability and infrastructure cost.
What you will learn:
Forecast and planning management for the Cloud.
The internals of all AWS services.
How to build large scale distributed systems for both internal and external AWS customers.
Functional Programming.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered
cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500
companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job
description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or
includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
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 in the cloud.
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.
Keywords:
Forecasting Statistics Machine Learning Optimization Inventory Management Supply Chain Management FinTech AWS Cloud Cloud Computing EC2 S3 EBS DynamoDB CloudFront Java C object oriented Java Scala distributed systems high availability scalability concurrent
Key job responsibilities
You will work directly with business owners research scientists other software development teams and owners of major AWS services. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities deep knowledge of software engineering principles as well as a passion for problemsolving. Ideally you are comfortable with ambiguity and accessing and working with data from multiple sources.
This position involves oncall responsibilities but since we dont own any direct customer facing services the operational load is manageable.
5 years of noninternship professional software development experience
5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
5 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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 $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/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.
We own software systems for generating a reliable feasible and explainable Usage Plans for all the AWS Services. Our goal is to be able to simulate the usage plans with revenue cost and efficiency implications in a faster reliable and explainable way. Our main objective is to perform usage planning to create forecast which helps power all the AWS services physical infrastructure needs. As part of EC2 Core Platform we aim to strike a nimble balance between capacity availability and utilization.
We provide usage forecasts for all AWS services and automate the planning of hardware to support our rapidly growing business. We apply advanced forecasting data mining and machine learning techniques to predict customer demand growth. We also build supportability models for foundational AWS services and identify their planning bottlenecks to serve everincreasing customer demand. Combining the usage forecast and the supportability models we generate plan of record that optimize across customer experience and hardware utilization. Our software drives the many billions of dollars in CapEx that AWS spends every year and our projects help improve AWS utilization to reduce CapEx by 100s of millions of dollars every year.
On technology front we use Scala Java Python JavaScript Lambda DynamoDB as well as other public AWS services and Amazoninternal tools. We are looking for someone who is passionate about data and problem solving. We dont expect you to be an expert in or necessarily familiar with all of these technologies but we expect you to be excited to learn.
What we own:
Building a worldclass forecasting platform that scales to handling billions of time series data in real time.
Expanding planning models and systems for each AWS service in the fastgrowing AWS product portfolio.
Finding out the optimal tradeoff between AWS service availability and fleet utilization.
Driving fleet efficiency improvement where each 1 means millions of additional free cash flow.
Automating tactical and strategic capacity planning tools to optimize for service availability and infrastructure cost.
What you will learn:
Forecast and planning management for the Cloud.
The internals of all AWS services.
How to build large scale distributed systems for both internal and external AWS customers.
Functional Programming.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered
cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500
companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job
description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or
includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
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 in the cloud.
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.
Keywords:
Forecasting Statistics Machine Learning Optimization Inventory Management Supply Chain Management FinTech AWS Cloud Cloud Computing EC2 S3 EBS DynamoDB CloudFront Java C object oriented Java Scala distributed systems high availability scalability concurrent
Key job responsibilities
You will work directly with business owners research scientists other software development teams and owners of major AWS services. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities deep knowledge of software engineering principles as well as a passion for problemsolving. Ideally you are comfortable with ambiguity and accessing and working with data from multiple sources.
This position involves oncall responsibilities but since we dont own any direct customer facing services the operational load is manageable.
5 years of noninternship professional software development experience
5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
5 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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 $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/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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