Senior Software Development Engineer, CloudFront Control Plane, CloudFront

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centres and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

CloudFront is one of AWS largest services at the centre of almost every major Internet event. Our customers use CloudFront for fast and secure delivery of web/application content on-demand video/music and live events streaming. As a Senior Software Development Engineer you will lead the development of key initiatives build and operate cutting-edge features delight customers and continue to scale to ever-increasing heights. This is a unique opportunity to influence CloudFront technical direction as we build our next-generation Control Plane services.
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.
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.

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.

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 fuelled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

Key job responsibilities
* Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive design and bring innovative products and services to market.
* Provide technical guidance to your team design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
* Mentor and guide the team members to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
* Drive big ideas to improve the availability and performance of the Cloud Front Control Plane team.
* Develop high quality testable and maintainable software.
* Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

A day in the life
As a Senior SDE you will solve challenging problems at Amazon and influence millions of customers sellers and products around the world. You will provide technical guidance to drive long-term plans mentor scale others build and creating new products features and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company where development cycles are measured in weeks not years.

About the team
AWS CloudFront Control Plane enables customers to easily and reliably build control and monitor their service resources. We obsess over customer experience and own a wide range of areas including public APIs console experience distributed configuration management global cache purging highly scalable log event streaming telemetry and analytics. We are in the midst of our multi-year journey to transform Control Plane services and further accelerate growth. We value data-driven decisions transparency and go out of our way to teach and learn from each other.

About AWS
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 building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience in debugging profiling and implementing software engineering best practices in large-scale systems

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations
- Knowledge of system performance memory management and parallel computing principles

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