Executive Support Eng IV (RED)

Executive Support Engineers work with Amazon Senior Leadership teams to support their IT services. Our customers require timely accurate and professional support to minimize downtime and disruption. A successful Executive Support Engineer excels in a fast-paced team environment and possesses excellent communication skills. They have a high degree of technical aptitude over a large scope of software hardware and networking disciplines and know how to convey that understanding to customers with all levels of technical knowledge.

As an Executive Support Engineer you will use your technical knowhow and specialized skills to drive solutions across multiple service owners collaborate to quickly build unique solutions and improve technology offerings that support all Amazonians. You are able to manage large projects with minimal guidance quickly resolve customer issues in time of crisis and You are actively expanding your scope of knowledge by learning about software design patterns data structures AWS technologies and distributed systems concepts.


Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to
Troubleshoot difficult IT problems without SOPs.
Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to execute projects and resolve customer issues.
Lead continuous improvement efforts.
Audit the quality of work performed and provide constructive feedback.
Automate manual tasks; create/improve small tools that help make team operations more efficient.
Be the first point of escalation.
Own customer issues and drive to completion.
Participate in hiring training and development of others.
Maintain an elevated attention to detail while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
On-call for high-severity issues outside standard hours.
Work with the team onsite in our corporate offices Monday-Friday.
Ability to travel up to 30%.



- 4 years of software development or 4 years of technical support experience
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience troubleshooting and documenting findings
- Experience dealing effectively with customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure

- Knowledge of distributed applications/enterprise applications
- Knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating system
- Experience in agile/scrum or related collaborative workflow
- Experience scripting in modern program languages
- Experience driving collaborative projects from conception to delivery

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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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 WA Seattle - 90400.00 - 158200.00 USD annually