Software Development Engineer, AWS Transactional Services

Amazon • Seattle, WA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Join the team that is part of a foundational service for distributed storage used across AWS. Our systems serve as critical building blocks for services like S3, DynamoDB, EC2 Networking, and more. This role offers a unique opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges that impact services across AWS. We are looking for engineers who thrive on technical challenges and passionate about building highly available, durable systems with minimal dependencies. And collaborate with talented peers to design and implement robust solutions, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure operational excellence. If you are excited about distributed systems engineering, with the opportunity to build and operate systems with impact across AWS services, this role is for you.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate systems that are secure, available, and performant.
• Solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
• Create maintainable software without over-engineering, making appropriate trade-offs, reusing where possible, and being judicious about introducing dependencies.
• Focus on operational excellence, understanding how decisions impact operational costs, and taking on projects that make software easier to maintain.
• Design and drive technical decisions that balance competing priorities and constraints.
• Implement changes at a high quality achieving stringent requirements for availability, security, and performance.
• Create and implement automation that improve system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with dependent teams to enhance system capabilities and resolve technical challenges.
• Drive investigations to root cause anomalies, and deliver robust solutions.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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