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 will be building large-scale monitoring and real-time telemetry systems for operating an at-scale storage platform, including designing and building automation, tooling, observability and data analytics solutions. You will collaborate with internal and external development teams (architecture, hardware, validation, data scientist, software services) to tailor and operate storage solutions for the AWS environment. Our engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology – come help us make history!
Nitro SSD is an AWS strategic initiative to provide best customer experience by increasing storage availability, performance, scale, and security at reduced cost. These are getting deployed in all global data centers to provide world class storage solutions. We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to build and operate large-scale distributed software systems for monitoring and observability of storage platform. The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative, data-driven and developed monitoring systems using AWS public cloud services.
As a SDE in this team, you will be joining a team of software developers that thrive on solving challenging problems with innovative solutions at Amazon-scale. The team couples software and systems skill-sets with storage, data analysis and software engineering disciplines to solve real world storage problems. You would join in building, validating, and operating software solutions in diverse technology domains from embedded software platforms to large-scale distributed software systems in Java using proprietary and open source technologies and Amazon services alike.
Key job responsibilities
* Work backward from customer input to build and drive product roadmap
* Build strategic vision and drive tactical execution in defining and delivering new products and services.
* Innovate on architecture that raises the bar on resilience and scalability
* Drive operational excellence and build operational excellence into product development practices
A day in the life
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*Diverse Experiences*
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- 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
- 5+ 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
- * 5+ years of experience programming with object oriented programming languages like Java, C++, Python
- * 3+ years of demonstrated experience for development with AWS services including CloudWatch, Kinesis, DynamoDB
- * 3+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems
- * 3+ years of experience with telemetry, observability and monitoring of cloud services
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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.
