SDE II - Fabrication Manufacturing Execution System, Center for Quantum Computing

The AWS Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is hiring a Software Development Engineer to develop our data applications and infrastructure with a focus on supporting our fabrication team. You will work closely with other Software Development Engineers Research Scientists and a Technical Program Manager.

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Key job responsibilities
* Work directly with scientists and engineers to understand their problems and propose workable solutions. Translate user stories into software design documents demonstrating sensible trade-offs between complexity and delivery.
* Implementation of design proposals in a logical and maintainable manner. Taking ownership over the stability and quality of the software stack by identifying proposing and implementing features that will accelerate our realization of quantum computing technologies.
* Identify bottlenecks pain points integration issues and develop improvements to the fabrication teams workflows.

We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles resourcefulness a bias for action superior problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills. Candidates should also possess a genuine curiosity and readiness to grasp the domain knowledge of our research scientists. Working effectively within a team environment is essential. As a software engineer embedded in a research organization you will have the opportunity to work on new ideas and contribute to the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Example projects include:

* Build and maintain ingestion pipelines to keep data in sync between custom MES solutions and our broader ecosystem.
* Develop features for streamlining fabrication planning timeline estimation and retrospective analysis of product flows.
* Develop charting frameworks to allow research scientists to easily plot and correlate data from various data sources.
* Design database schemas modeling processes and artifacts of our fabrication workflow

About the team
You will be joining the Device Lifecycle software development team within the AWS Center of Quantum Computing. Our team is comprised of software engineers who are building software that enables scaling up quantum computing technologies.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship 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
- Experience developing a Manufacturing Execution System
- Experience working with scientists in a research/fabrication environment
- Experience building software using AWS services

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 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.