Software Development Engineer, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

We are looking for passionate software developers to join our team and help to solve a challenging set of problems in a space packed full of this role you will participate in the full life cycle of AWS services including requirements definition software design implementation and ownership of the product.

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic with working on mission critical applications that operate at scale. They will also be passionate about technology and working with the best software developers in the world to innovate and provide our customers an unparalleled experience.

Key job responsibilities
As a key member of the engineering team you will have significant influence on our product strategy. Your role will involve helping define product features refining system architecture and spearheading best practices that enable a quality product. Youll be instrumental in designing and implementing solutions that meet high availability performance and security requirements while setting the foundation for the next phase of our product and beyond. Your commitment to teamwork and strong communication skills will be crucial as you interact with both business and technical partners.

Creating a reliable scalable and high-performance service requires exceptional technical expertise a sound understanding of Computer Science fundamentals and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. Were looking for someone who enjoys working on complex system software is customer-centric and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. You should also maintain a forward-looking attitude staying aware of the latest technology trends.

In this role youll actively participate in product definition technical architecture review iterative development and code review. Youll develop automation testing to verify functionality as part of our CI/CD pipeline and provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of scalable and robust solutions. Operational excellence is key so youll also participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

We value continuous improvement and technical excellence. As such youll have the opportunity to mentor team members on technologies and best practices. Your verbal and written communication skills will be essential as you collaborate with the team and stakeholders.

A day in the life
Implement software features and updates to the DRS stack.
Consult and collaborate with a team of talented engineers to resolve technical issues.
Guide and mentor junior engineers.
Participate in support rotations to ensure DRS delights our customers.

About the team
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is a disaster recovery service provided by AWS that enables organizations to minimize downtime and data loss with fast reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications. DRS uses cost-effective AWS resources to maintain an up-to-date copy of source servers on AWS allowing for point-in-time recovery and failback to the primary site after an issue is resolved.

- 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
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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
- Knowledge of computer architecture operating systems and parallel computing

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at MA Boston - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually