Software Development Engineer, Ring

Amazon • North Reading, MA

21h

About The Position

Ring is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our
growing Cloud Development Team. Ring has a mission to make neighborhoods safer.
With affordable solutions that work on any home, Ring is committed to offering
smart security that’s accessible to everyone. Ring is part of the Amazon Devices
family, and we are seeking Software Development Engineers who will help us
create the next generation of home security. What will you help us create?

As a Software Development Engineer at Ring, you will be responsible for business
critical large-scale cloud services that will be used by millions of Ring
customers. This position gives you the opportunity to work with world class
engineers and to build cloud systems to support millions of devices. The role
will entail development of new cloud services for innovative new capabilities on
Ring security devices and continuing development of the Ring infrastructure
within the larger Amazon ecosystem. You will work with streaming video, event
handling, large scale deployments and high-performance computing, as well as
solve distributed systems problems. This position involves design, architecture,
development and operations of large-scale cloud systems.

We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer with a strong
technical background, customer obsession, and extensive experience building
distributed systems. Strong judgment and communication skills, long-term
technical vision, and continuous focus on engineering and operational excellence
are essential for success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years working on production systems.
• 3+ years working with OO design/development principles.
• 3+ years working with RESTful architecture for web services.
• 3+ years in a variety of modern programming languages (Go, Java, Scala, Python, Ruby) and open-source technologies (Linux, Kafka, etc.).
• 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

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience working with AWS services (CloudFormation, DynamoDB, CloudWatch).
• Experience working with cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operation.
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and remote teams, both technical and non-technical
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Design and document distributed systems and microservices.
• Implement robust and maintainable code with clear and maintained documentation.
• Deliver customer value in iterative fashion while working towards longer term systems to solve roadmap goals with increasing efficiency.
• Communicate status and changes to the work they are responsible and accountable for, keep all stakeholders informed of changes and updates to original plan.
• Implement test automation on all code implemented through unit testing and integration testing.
• Working with internal and external teams to bring Ring technology to market
• Maintenance and enhancement of software frameworks for development

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