Software Development Engineer, AWS Global Accelerator

Amazon • Hobart, WA

435d • $129,300 - $223,600

About The Position

The Software Development Engineer position at AWS Global Accelerator involves designing, developing, and delivering features for a globally distributed network service that enhances network performance for various applications. The role requires collaboration with a diverse team of engineers and specialists to ensure high standards of safety and security while providing scalable solutions for AWS customers. The position emphasizes ownership of technical direction, mentoring team members, and driving improvements in system availability and performance.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience building complex, distributed software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Proficient with cloud based development, web services and computer networks.

Responsibilities

• Own defining, scoping, designing, developing and shipping features for a highly impactful AWS service.
• Make critical design decisions that impact across various AWS services.
• Learn what it takes to grow and operate a global business at large scale.
• Design new systems from scratch or improve existing systems and own the technical direction for the initiative from start to finish.
• Mentor and guide team members to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
• Drive big ideas to improve availability and performance of AGA Control Plane - Public facing APIs, provisioning workflows and integration with other AWS services.
• Develop high quality testable and maintainable software and participate in code reviews.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Flexible work hours
• Employee discounts
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees