Senior Systems Development Engineer, Amazon

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, etc
• Administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Professional software development experience
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)

Desirable

• Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the world's most complex technical problems
• Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations?
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) builds and operates some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet; providing companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud
• With AWS, customers provision compute power, storage, database, and other cloud resources as their business demands them
• To meet the growing demand for AWS Services around the globe, we need exceptionally motivated people who are driven by learning and innovation
• AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry
• As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services
• If you join us, you'll be part of a world-class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up
• This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain world class experience in cloud computing
• You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing, believe that first class service is critical to customer success, and are committed to improvement
• On a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way, consult with top engineers at Amazon, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues
• Our systems development engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills
• Experienced systems development engineers often have leadership impact on their teams by becoming subject matter experts on several services
• They develop, build, deploy, operate, sustain, and grow the services in cloud production environments
• They are able to utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements
• They help develop and refine procedures used by their team and internal customers
• They are able to develop at a high standard and can deal with new and ambiguous problem domains, while consistently delivering customer impacting change
• Automating the world's most advanced cloud computing infrastructure
• Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers
• Building unique solutions to our customers’ technical problems
• Studying and learning from industry recognized Amazon senior and Principal engineers
• Coaching, hiring and developing team members