Systems Development Engineer, Amazon
TrafficShift
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Open for applications
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
Desirable
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
- Experience working in a high pace DevOps
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience with Python (preferred), Ruby, or Java
What the job involves
- 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
- Working on our team, you’ll join a diverse team of software and system development engineers
- You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety, security and availability for our internal customers
- And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion
- You will join a group that sets the direction of their product and iterates fast to continuously improve it and delight customers
- A System Development Engineer within the TrafficShift team at AWS owns the design and development of key components of our network availability service
- Develop world-class software systems for automating Amazon's network
- Provide technical direction to the team and identify areas of focus
- Create and review software design documentation
- Own the operational excellence of the software you put into production
- Contribute to improving our documentation, processes, and tools so that we improve our performance as a team
- You deliver technology solutions that are tested, maintainable, optimized, and which generate positive feedback
- You deliver designs for components that solve defined technical problems
- You demonstrate the ability to identify risks and mitigations and make technical trade-offs in your designs and your team’s designs
- You are able to work independently and with your team to complete projects successfully
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 358 more jobs at Amazon