System Development Engineer, EC2 Border Gateways

Are you excited to solve problems at the cutting edge of cloud computing Do you want to build and own services providing some of the key features at the core of Amazons Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) infrastructure Do you want to work hard have fun and make history If so come work for us in EC2 Networking!

EC2 Networking is crucial for Amazons long-term success as a technology services company. It is the future of Amazon and we are rapidly expanding our team to meet our fast growing needs. The EC2 team is looking for talented system development engineers to help us build new innovative features driving the future of cloud computing and the tools to help us operate in this space.

We want people who are passionate about designing and building software for managing large dynamic networks. If you are an engineer with a solid background of delivering innovative solutions then this is your opportunity to own major deliverables and all aspects of the development cycle: scoping design implementation and testing. You will be encouraged to exercise your judgment in proactively determining and recommending the best features designs and support models based on business objectives timelines and resource constraints.

Inclusive Team Culture
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 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.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life 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 life-long 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. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future

Key job responsibilities
Being an engineer on a small team mentoring junior engineers ensuring the right development practices are followed.
Being very hands-on; working with the engineering team to manage the day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions participating in designs design review code review and implementation.
Maintaining current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology always on the look out for new technologies and working with management and development team in bringing new technologies.
Communicating with users other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy

For more information on Amazon Web Services please visit: day in the life
A day in the life of an EC2 engineer is very hands on with each day bringing new and exciting technical challenges to guide including architecture and design decisions code reviews implementation and project planning for current and future work. Additionally there is a balance of operations related activities to participate in. Communication with external teams as well as AWS customers is also frequent and can be expected on a weekly basis.

- 2 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 7 years of administrative experience in networking storage systems operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking storage operating systems)
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred) Python Ruby or Java
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.