Software Development Engineer - Load BalancingAmazon Web Services is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Load Balancing team. This engineer will have a significant impact on our business as they build mission critical tooling and abstract away complex workflows enabling our customers to safely operate the world's most scalable infrastructure.
This engineer will build user facing tooling, experience and interactions for a management interface to mission critical Load Balancing systems. They will be responsible for creating the right abstractions and guardrails that enable customers to configure, deploy, and manage mission critical capacity at a greater velocity while improving our services.
We are building a suite of robust management applications that provide significantly improved control, visibility and predictability for Amazon's load balancing requirements worldwide.
As a Senior Software Development Engineer for Load Balancing, you'll have a unique opportunity to shape the development of our network. You'll work on Amazon's hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. You will design and implement software systems supporting a scalable, robust, virtualized network. You'll strive for simplicity, demonstrate significant creativity and high judgment, and contribute towards intellectual property through patents.
Key ResponsibilitiesA good engineer will demonstrate that they can proactively and continually improve their level of knowledge about Amazon's business and relevant networks & technologies, and use this knowledge to deliver high quality, accurate software deliverables.Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.You will play a leadership role in your team, will drive best practices, and will play an important role in the design, architecture, and the evolution of load balancing management systems.You will be responsible for major deliverables, and will be expected to show good judgment, to think in terms of architectures.You will troubleshoot and fix operational problems: You will work with systems and software engineers to troubleshoot operational problems and fix them. You will also have the opportunity to automate troubleshooting procedures, write tools and, when the issues concern specific customers, talk to customers and understand their space better.The ideal candidate will be a designer, builder and an operator. A successful software developer will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Ability to work within technical standards, technical architecture and engineering practices across an organization.Capacity to think globally when building systems, ensuring Amazon builds high performing, scalable systems that fit well together.High judgment and creativity; ability to decompose complex problems into simple solutions.Competence to exert technical influence over the team, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing your knowledge and experience.Minimum QualificationsExperience (non-internship) in professional software development.Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.Experience programming with at least one software programming language.Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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