Software Development Engineer, EC2 Commitments
Amazon
DESCRIPTION
Are you a software developer who wants to innovate on world’s largest dynamically priced market for computing? Come join the EC2 Commitments Services team!
About the team: Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) enables customers of all sizes to run their applications on our industry leading cloud infrastructure. EC2 Commitments Services is a team under EC2 Pricing & Efficiency umbrella, helping customers purchase compute resources at the best possible price by providing them with cost savings on using those resources over a committed period of time.
With the rapidly growing customer base, we build innovative, scalable solutions that provide customers with a seamless purchasing experience of our Savings Plans and Reserved Instances commitments products
Ideal candidates are software developers who are passionate about working on distributed systems architecture, solving synchronization & performance optimization problems. They are passionate about building customer-focused solutions, applying operational excellence in how they deliver them to our customers. They should have a good understanding of data consistency and transactions between distributed services, and experience with developing web services at scale.
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities:
- Design, build and optimize the customer facing features that make it easy for customers around the world to select products and use EC2 features in the most cost-effective way
- Define intuitive web-service APIs and use AWS’s modern technologies to develop new customer features rapidly
- Empower developers from around the world to build their applications on EC2 compute power (e.g. reduce friction, simplify APIs, add tooling, improve the service architecture)
- Automatically deploy and monitor your services to identify performance issues before our customers do
- Recruit, interview and hire software developers that raise the bar in all areas
- Mentor junior software developers and grow your skills & career
A day in the life
Attend Agile ceremonies with your teammates, collaborate on projects, brainstorm ideas, solve customer pain points, and enjoy lunches and pizza Fridays events with the team!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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 modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with scripting languages, preferably RUBY, Typescript, or Python
- Experience with the Linux operating system environment
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
- Strong analytical skills with excellent problem solving abilities
- Knowledge of system performance and operational readiness monitoring
- Strong desire to build, deliver results, take ownership, and drive projects
- Excellent written communication skills and verbal agility.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.