Software Development Engineer, Data Center Systems, FleetWatch

We are looking for a world-class Software Development Engineer to help us build next generation software to manage data center electrical and mechanical systems. Nearly every Amazon service and AWS customer relies upon software running in these data centers. When we succeed they all benefit from increased availability lower costs and reduced environmental impact. You literally can change the world in this role and youll get to do it while working with amazing and supportive teammates large-scale systems and technologies that span the Internet of Things graph data modeling time-series telemetry and more. Come join us!


Key job responsibilities
Software Development Engineers are significant contributors and have the opportunity to positively impact millions of customers experience. Additional responsibilities are and not limited to:
- Gain hands on knowledge and expertise in designing building and operating software services at AWS scale
- Develop tools and services to help automate and monitor data center operations
- Have end-to-end ownership of projects
- Use available AWS-related technology to build innovation solutions to challenging problem
- Solve complex problems applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
- Work with your team to invent design and build software that is stable and performant. You write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand.
- Take on projects and make software enhancements that improve team software and processes.
- Work to resolve the root cause of complex problems leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it.

A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer working within AWS Infrastructure you will work with a diverse team of highly skilled software and data engineers to invent design and build highly scalable stable and performant software. You will build on the latest AWS and industry technologies to deliver the best of Amazon and our capabilities.

About the team
The FleetWatch team in Data Center Systems is looking for software engineers to help us build next generation data center management software. We are seeking experienced Software Development Engineers to design and develop software for monitoring the health and availability of AWS data centers across the globe.

- 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
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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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.