Software Dev Engineer, EC2 Instance Connectivity

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Join the Amazon Web Services EC2 Instance Connectivity development team
responsible for connectivity services to AWS EC2 instances. This team owns
services that enhance customers' observability and troubleshooting by providing
a suite of tools to connect to their EC2 instances that adhere to enterprise
scaling and security requirements.

Beyond meeting the technical qualifications, we seek an engineer who is
creative, responsible, and eager to dig deep into technologies. We need a
problem solver who wants to understand business challenges, operational issues,
and software architecture, and how the three connect. We're looking for someone
excited to learn from others while bringing independent ideas and perspectives, and someone who helps make the team productive and enjoyable to work in.

A day in the life
As owners of a critical part of AWS, we have a unique mandate to stay up-to-date
with industry best practices. We are encouraged to advance our knowledge and
understanding, with opportunities to attend internal and external conferences,
access to AWS trainings, and regular team and org-wide knowledge sharing
sessions.

We prioritize our work towards security and customer experience, which includes
new feature development and overall reliability of our systems as we scale our
systems to support ongoing service growth. Each engineer owns one or more
projects and is responsible for the entire software lifecycle, from design to
development and operations. We meet daily to share progress with each other and
discuss obstacles. Throughout the day, we communicate frequently and often break
out in small groups to work together. We review every piece of each others’ code
and offer feedback and tips to improve.

Requirements

• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 3+ 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
• 3+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in software development, or experience in Linux and Networking protocols and experience in Linux OS and network troubleshooting
• Experience with server, storage, networking, or large-scale distributed systems
• Experience leading and influencing your team or organization, or experience debugging, profiling, and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team, or experience in professional, non-internship software development

Responsibilities

• Each engineer owns one or more projects and is responsible for the entire software lifecycle, from design to development and operations.
• Prioritize work towards security and customer experience, which includes new feature development and overall reliability of our systems as we scale our systems to support ongoing service growth.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level