Software Development Engineer, SES

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box making complex things easy and hard things possible with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

Come and build the future with us as we redefine the email communication experience for people and applications!

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is on a mission to revolutionize email experiences for our customers and their end users. We are at the forefront of creating richer more engaging email functionalities innovating at every step to provide a seamless unified experience.

As a Software Development Engineer for Amazon SES youll work on backend and customer-facing systems contributing to the development and improvement of our email services. Youll focus on building reliable and scalable solutions collaborating with other engineers to solve complex technical challenges and ensuring our services are highly available and scalable to meet the needs of our global customer base.

As a member of the SES engineering team your job will allow you to work with customers and other technology leaders at Amazon to translate strategic business needs into features and projects with an opportunity to participate in strategic planning contributing to the overall direction of the service.

Leadership and Culture-Building: In Amazon everyone is a leader. You will contribute to fostering a culture of creativity and openness. Your work will encourage innovation and growth and you will play a role in mentoring and supporting your colleagues. Knowledge sharing and professional development are important and youll be part of a team that values these elements.

On-Call Responsibility: This position involves on-call responsibilities. We dont like being paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault-tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we arent paged for the same issue twice.

About the team
Amazon 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.

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.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

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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.

- 1 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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 - 110500.00 - 160000.00 USD annually