Software Development Engineer, EC2 Cross Region Peering

Amazon • Seattle, WA

3h

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Does working on global scale high performance distributed systems and packet
processors excite you?We are a core team in AWS EC2 Networking organization,
creating and enhancing critical services that form the foundation of the AWS
VPC. Our mission is provide the thinnest possible layer at the edge of the AWS
network to deliver a superior customer experience for packet processing. As a
Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for influencing and
shaping the direction of our services. You will define, plan, and execute on
deliverables that delight internal and external customers alike. We operate at
global scale and enable customers to build high availability systems world-wide,
so a passion and discipline around operational excellence is paramount.

With the extensive network and access to Sr., Principal, Sr. Principal and
Distinguished Engineers across EC2, AWS and Amazon, there are many stretch
opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge.

We are growing fast, and are looking for kernel/embedded C programmers who can
deliver ultra-high performance - our goal is to be processing many millions of
packets per second on embedded CPU cores. This requires both being able to
implement highly optimized data structures, but also low level tuning to our
hardware. If you have good experience in C/C++, and a passion for systems
software engineering such as kernel or embedded development, then this is a
unique opportunity to join us in building the platform which is the basis for
all new EC2 VPC features in the years to come.

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

• A Software Development Engineer on the team is expected to operate autonomously, deliver projects that have scope at the team level and are starting to interact with other teams.
• While they are capable of independently designing, developing, and testing software components, they are expected to seek input from more senior engineers through regular reviews.
• They seek guidance from their manager, Sr. Engineers, or Principal Engineers when facing trade-off decisions.
• They mentor new team members on how the team’s services are constructed and operate.
• They help guide and influence the team by providing feedback during code reviews and operations reviews and they influence their manager by contributing during backlog reviews and planning meetings.
• They solve difficult technical problems that require understanding the team’s software and weigh trade-offs to deliver solutions that are logical, testable and maintainable.
• A typical day for this role will include driving designs for components and services that deliver new features and capabilities, reviewing code of other members on the team, writing complex code, performing root cause analysis on operational events, providing project updates to leadership and other team members and developing estimates for upcoming deliverables.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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