Principal Software Dev Engineer, Amazon

• Knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development

Desirable

• We are looking for software development engineers that are passionate about creating application software that underpins the robust CloudWatch system
• On any given day, we use ReactJS, Python, Java, GoLang, SQL, Lambda, DynamoDB, and CloudFormation, as well as other public AWS services and a host of Amazon-internal tools
• We don’t expect you to be an expert in, or necessarily even be familiar with, all of the technologies listed above, but we do expect you to be excited to learn about them!
• 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 customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services
• Principal Engineers provide technical leadership at AWS
• They help establish technical standards and drive our overall technical architecture, engineering practices, and engineering methodologies
• They work on our hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs
• They think globally when building systems, ensuring Amazon.com builds high performing, scalable systems that fit well together
• Principal Engineers are pragmatic visionaries who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions
• Their expertise is deep and broad
• They are hands on, producing both detailed technical work and high-level architectural designs
• You deliver working software systems consisting of multiple features spanning the full software lifecycle including technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance strategy
• You work with stakeholders to create or evolve processes for the team to propose UX, provide feedback, recommend improvements, and give voice to engineering considerations
• You drive UX outcomes which will scale as their software or product grows
• You review others’ work to ensure it fits into the bigger picture and is well designed, extensible, accessible, performant, and secure
• You balance constraints, limiting short-term workarounds and focusing on future extension
• You influence and drive consensus between design, engineering, and product owners
• You ensure that your team has good operational practices
• You ensure your team grows by training, recruiting, assessing, and providing career guidance to members of their team
• Working closely with your agile development team and cross functional partners to deliver impactful products to customers
• Working with leadership and stakeholders across the organization to align projects and deliverables
• Our ideal candidate is excited about the incredible opportunity that cloud monitoring represents and is deeply passionate about delivering the highest quality products