Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Network Observability - Active Monitoring
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience in development in the last 3 years
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- You are interested in being part of a high-bar team with global responsibility for the Network Observability software used across all of Amazon’s businesses
- Solving problems at scale excites you
- You do not implement specs from analysts and architects – you talk to your customers and design solutions to their problems. You automate and innovate
- You do not push just one technology agenda – you choose the best tool for the problem at hand
- You believe that the craft of software engineering is about writing code right the first time. For you, code reviews and automated testing are not chores – they are a core part of writing great software
- You do not throw your code over the wall. You launch it, own it, support it and make it incrementally better for the benefit of your customers
- You enjoy working in a flexible, fast-paced, collaborative team environment
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- Amazon is looking for Sr. Software Development Engineers to build the software that observes one of the world’s largest and most complex networks
- As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will be the technical leader of our team, mentoring junior engineers, setting high standards, and driving excellence in every aspect of our development process
- You will design solutions that meet the challenges of high data volume and complex processing, all while maintaining top-tier reliability
- Your strategic insights will guide leadership decisions, ensuring our monitoring system not only meets today’s demands but sets the standard for tomorrow
- 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
- 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
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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