DESCRIPTION
Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training & Certification (AWS Tech U) team is seeking a driven, talented, and experienced education programs technical trainer to implement a global, world-class multi-level AWS software development engineer education program to address the demand for skilled technical professionals.
In this role, with your passion for developing others, you will deliver a defined curriculum program for tenured technical learners on their journey to become software development engineers. This multi-modal training program (AWS Tech U) combines instructor-led training, lab exercises, scenario-based coding challenges, and more to develop and build software development skills. Because at Amazon we pioneer, you will need to be forward-thinking and creative in your approach to addressing big challenges and embrace novel solutions. In this role, you will need to be an excellent communicator, and it is expected that you will have the ability to work well with peers and learners.
Key job responsibilities
• Utilize best practices in adult learning theory to facilitate interactive class discussions/activities, answer learner questions, and provide personalized guidance
• Provide continuous feedback on course materials to keep pace with the rapid evolution of software development methodologies, languages, and tools
• Collaborate with the Tech U team to review and refine training content, lesson plans, coding challenges, instructional videos, and hands-on experiences
• Foster a strong sense of community among learners by encouraging collaboration, providing encouragement, and creating an inclusive learning environment
• Demonstrate exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to break down complex technical topics into clear, easy-to-understand terms
• Stay up-to-date on the latest AWS developer services and generative AI developments to maintain subject matter expertise
• Provide exceptional learner support, ensuring all learners receive the guidance they need to achieve their goals
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Several years of experience in a training role, preferably technical training for software development engineering
• Advanced knowledge of various programming languages and associated tools (Java, Javascript, Python, HTML, CSS)
• Advanced knowledge of various software development concepts (object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, application security, building applications at scale, API development, Coding Pipelines, and CI/CD)
• Technical Degree (i.e., Computer Science, Information Systems) or relevant work experience
• Must have excellent stand-up delivery and facilitation skills and strong "stage presence" that drive key learning outcomes and motivate application beyond the classroom.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• 3-5 years experience as a back-end software development engineer, software architect or data analyst
• Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure services
• Experience designing and developing instructor-led content with technical subject matter content.
• Java SE8 Certified or higher
• Excellent project management skills and attention to detail - able to implement globally, and at scale
• Excellent oral presentation skills, interpersonal communication, and writing skills
• Ability to travel (~30%)
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.
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