System Development Engineer, AWS Redshift

Amazon • East Palo Alto, CA

36d

About The Position

Amazon Redshift is one of the world's most popular fully managed cloud data
warehouses, trusted by tens of thousands of enterprise customers to process
exabytes of data daily and power business-critical decisions. In such a
mission-critical environment, we are constantly reinventing ourselves to stay
ahead and continue delivering for our customers — and we're looking for
innovative engineers to help lead that charge.

We are actively hiring a System Development Engineer II on the Redshift Control
Plane team.

If you are motivated by working in a fast-paced environment, have full ownership
of your work, and build a team of excellent engineers — this role is for you!

As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software
architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other
improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:
- Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
- Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal
and external stakeholders.
- Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical
input.
- Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on
the most important stuff.

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly
adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped
innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global
500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their
businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious.
Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us
to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences,
including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon
conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we
strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless
knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help
you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should
never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for
flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the
workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
interview or onboarding process, please visit
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contact your Recruiting Partner.

Requirements

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

Nice To Haves

• Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
• Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

Responsibilities

• Identifying and solving challenging systems, process and tooling issues to make things better for our customers
• Designing and implementing software components, products or services which improve operational efficiency
• Investigating technical issues thoroughly, performing root cause analysis, identifying changes to procedures and systems and implementing long term fixes to avoid repeating issues.
• Providing solutions to technically challenging real business problems in a global organization

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed