Amazon’s Region Flexibility Migration (RFM) team is actively seeking a Software Development Engineer to expand in Sunnyvale. The RFM team is committed to constructing and harnessing fundamental infrastructure capabilities, tools, and datasets crucial for the swift global expansion of Amazon's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure. Our primary emphasis lies in crafting resilient and scalable architecture patterns for regional placement automation, integrating engineering best practices, and championing the adoption of state-of-the-art AWS technologies to ensure the operation of all Amazon services with multi-region redundancy.
We are actively seeking a dynamic and innovative Software Development Engineer (SDE) to play a key role in realizing our ambitious vision. Your responsibilities will involve conceptualizing and implementing technical solutions for regional placement automation, cross-region libraries, and tools that enhance the efficiency of teams throughout Amazon. At its core, our team orchestrates the migration of cloud infrastructure, spanning across AWS regions, at an unparalleled scale. Your journey with us will involve close collaboration and learning opportunities within a vast Senior and Principal Engineering community.
Key job responsibilities
• Your role will involve solving algorithmically complex problems, working on both front and backend services that can scale to millions of requests, and building products to benefit tens of thousands of developers on a global scale, ensuring an exceptional customer experience.
• Your role is to design, implement, maintain, and deploy components addressing challenges within a complex ecosystem. Work across various programming languages, with a focus on Python and Java. What matters most is your proficiency in coding within the context of distributed systems and/or widely scaled web applications.
• Your role is to collaborate effectively, combining enthusiasm for problem-solving with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Your role is to operate primarily within the Linux environment. We are seeking individuals who have fine-tuned their favorite distro to align with their preferences, going beyond hobbyists to showcase a deep understanding of Linux systems.
Requirements
• We are seeking an engineer well-versed in service-oriented architecture, capable of contributing to the rapid innovation at scale.
• We are looking for individuals with a strong understanding of networking fundamentals, encompassing experience with load balancers, switches, and routers.
• We are seeking individuals with excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical individuals.
• We are interested in collaborating with individuals whose enthusiasm for problem-solving aligns seamlessly with their debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• We are looking for individuals with the ability to self-motivate and see projects through to completion. To us, this entails being detail-oriented, passionate, and consistently delivering results.
About the team
We form the bedrock of Amazon's online footprint, managing global marketplaces, partner portals, and consumer experiences. The Region Flexibility Migration (RFM) team is committed to constructing and harnessing fundamental infrastructure capabilities, tools, and datasets crucial for the swift global expansion of Amazon's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure. Our primary emphasis lies in crafting resilient and scalable architecture patterns for regional placement automation, integrating engineering best practices, and championing the adoption of state-of-the-art AWS technologies to ensure the operation of all Amazon services with multi-region redundancy.
Comprising a diverse international group of engineers, developers, administrators, and managers, we are united by our obsession with operational quality, security, cost reduction, increased availability, and the smooth operation of the largest eCommerce infrastructure. As a Software Development Engineer, you will collaborate within our dynamic team to refine and deliver solutions aligned with our operational excellence goals.
If you thrive on designing and building highly distributed systems and enjoy solving challenging problems, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Given the size and impact of RFM's customer base, we understand the significance of making our development tools seamless. We strive to make it easy to build high-quality, reliable systems that uphold Amazon Customer trust and support the evolving architectural needs of Amazon.
- 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
- 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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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
