Software Development Engineer, EC2 VPC

Amazon • Herndon, VA

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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.

EC2 VPC builds the control plane that powers networking for every EC2 instance
launched worldwide. The team is looking for an experienced software development
engineer to design and build highly-available, horizontally-scalable services
operating across all AWS regions. This position is based in Herndon, VA.

On a typical day, you might root-cause a customer-reported API failure across
multiple services, whiteboard a concurrency design with a senior engineer, or
pair with a teammate on a tricky debugging session. You own your services end-to
end: design, code review, deployment, and production monitoring. You'll
collaborate with peers and senior engineers on system design, mentor junior
engineers, and raise the bar in code reviews. On-call rotations give you direct
exposure to how your services behave in production at EC2 scale. Expect a mix of
heads-down coding and collaborative design sessions.

EC2 VPC builds and operates the control plane services that power networking for
every EC2 instance launched worldwide. We prioritize availability and invest
heavily in deployment safety and monitoring. Engineers have the autonomy to
drive technical decisions and own the results. We favor automation over manual
work and value clear, peer-reviewed documentation for our technical decisions.

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
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Responsibilities

• Design and build server-side APIs and asynchronous workflows in Java and Kotlin that operate at EC2 scale across all AWS regions
• Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring
• Troubleshoot and root-cause customer-impacting issues across distributed systems
• Write and review design documents for new features and system improvements
• Mentor junior engineers through design reviews and code reviews
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational improvements to improve availability
• Build and maintain automation tooling in Python and Ruby to support deployment safety and fleet operations

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, and parental leave

What This Job Offers

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