Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS

Would you like to be an Engineer that builds the Cloud, rather than an Engineer that just uses it? At AWS, our Engineers look after the behind-the-scenes software and tools that make the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure possible. 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'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. We have an amazing opportunity for you to join a world-class network team in a dynamic environment that has the feel of a start-up. In this senior role as a Software Development Engineer, you will own our in house services as a lead engineer, acting as a software architect and hands on builder. Your internal customers are your network engineer colleagues, and through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, you will define and deliver a product roadmap. The software you develop will reduce manual operations through automated management and control of the network. If you are exceptionally motivated and passionate about the work you do then we welcome you to join us, working in an Agile environment with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality. The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that builds, operates, monitors and assures the AWS network within an isolated region. Top reasons to join our team:

• Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment, expanding the reach of our services across a global environment
• Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services
• Collaborate with and learn from the best networking engineers in the world
Key job responsibilities What you'll be working on:
• You will lead both independent projects and projects that require the work of multiple engineers
• Software lifecycle management including road map definition, breakdown of work and taking ownership of delivery
• Continuous process improvement, implementing engineering best practices and coaching other engineers to insist on the highest standards from our team
• Customer engagement and stakeholder management including documentation and written status reporting
• Supporting our software through a shared on-call rota
  
  Background as a senior professional software engineer, working as a hands on coder, collaboratively building complex, large scale systems alongside other engineers
• Experience leading development of software systems using Python, including designing solutions and architecting code from scratch
• A history of applying continuous improvement and implementing software engineering best practices across the full software development lifecycle - from roadmap inception to software release and support
• Expertise in coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Preferred Qualifications
• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics or a related field
• Expertise in other languages and technologies
• Experience designing, developing or operating cloud services running on AWS or another cloud platform
• Experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (host networking, storage, nix operating systems)
  
  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.
  
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.