Software Development Engineer

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a bestinclass Software Developer Engineer for the Network Health Engineering team in Sydney. This team is working in the heart of AWS global network. We are looking to hire motivated bestinclass Software Development Engineer for our Sydney engineering team. The engineers within our team are instrumental in allowing us to drive the stability and sustainability of our nextgeneration networks and to discover innovative ways to and scale our network as we expand globally.

The team today owns a platform which determines the health of our network and vends that information to core network systems significantly lowering the ops burden for humans while improving the availability of the network. Software Development Engineers in this team will work closely with Network Engineering and Network Operations teams to invent new ways of operating Amazons NextGeneration Networks.

Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous very detail oriented possesses strong written and verbal communication skills and has experience working with large scale enterprise class networks. They have the desire and ability to work closely with their peers and customers in a fast paced collaborative environment. They will develop best practices and bring both a focus on operational best practice and proactive innovation to the role.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazons world class technical teams working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.

Key job responsibilities
Design and build reusable maintainable and performant software consistent with Amazon standard technologies.
Develop best in class software systems for automating Amazons network
Must be able to independently design code and test major features as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.
Deal with ambiguity make datadriven decisions and juggle crossorganization complexity
Work closely with our Network Engineering teams to ensure fast smooth rollout of new designs and products
Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues new standard operating procedures and product documentation.

About the team
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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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