Software Development Engineer, Public Sector Customer Engineering

***Preferred Team Lead or Tech Lead experience or a minimum amount of 3-5 years working in a Software Development Team.***


What do we do
The Public Sector Customer Engineering (PS CE) team helps customers solve their most interesting business challenges by rapidly developing innovative prototypes using world-class cloud and open-source technologies and working to co-build with AWS customers and partners. Weve helped customers by using image recognition to find missing persons Artificial Intelligence to optimise ride-shares and machine learning to grade exam answers.

We are a team of problem-solvers and builders who work on our customers challenges that dont have cookie-cutter solutions. We often dont have the answers right away and are expected to Dive Deep to figure out the best approach. The code we write provides immediate value for customers by showing how technology can solve their problems.

Whats in it for you
You will have the opportunity to be part of one of the fastest growing customer obsessed and innovative companies in the world. You will be able to dive deep into the details on operations and engineering. Everyone is a leader at AWS. You will have a lot of ownership and autonomy. You will face unique challenges learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry and build deep expertise in the most sought after skills in the market. You will be part of an exceptional team of product managers and engineers where collaboration is highly valued where innovation is something that happens every day where taking risks is encouraged and every day is Day One.

Youll have access to a wealth of Amazon internal training including instructor-led courses and talks from experts. This will give you the opportunity to become an AWS expert gaining valuable expertise in AWS services used in Machine Learning IoT image recognition chat bots and Big Data. We will provide the environment and support to learn any new tools libraries or frameworks.

What will you do
As a Software Development Engineer you will;
- Design develop test and deploy well-architected software
- Feel a real sense of achievement from completing and delivering projects in less time than you thought possible.
- Get hands-on with a range of technologies and practice a range of disciplines: back-end front-end DevOps machine learning data science data architecture. We are curious generalists who dont pigeon-hole ourselves as particular flavours of engineer and never say thats not my job.
- Collaborate with customers through full engagements; youll learn about their business challenges rapidly design and develop prototypes to solve them showcase the functionality youve written in demos and finally see the difference youve made when customers deploy solutions into their production environments.
- Work with the latest AWS services and open-source technologies to build solutions. Youll always be encouraged to pick the right tools for the job.

Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and we 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 14 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life 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.

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design

- Experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent and / or relevant professional or military experience

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