Senior Systems Development Engineer, Amazon
ESC Managed Operations
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The largest online retailer and technology provider
Posted today
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software development or related field
- Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby Able to troubleshoot at all levels, from network to operating systems to software applications
- Experience operating, troubleshooting, and performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization
- Strong understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, load balancing, load shedding)
Desirable
- Experience leading strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members
- Proficient with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar) Proficient with operating services in AWS Experience with monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar)
- Experience scripting operating system tasks in Bash, Python, etc
- Proficient in operating 24x7 high-availability, distributed software applications Desire to dive deep into, and find opportunities to improve, the reliability, availability, and performance of distributed software systems
What the job involves
- AWS is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud (ESC), marking a significant development in utility computing (UC)
- To spearhead this initiative, we are actively seeking experienced systems development engineers with a strong background in automation and operations
- As part of the AWS Managed Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services, including EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, and Bedrock, exclusively for EU customers
- 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
- Your responsibilities will focus on transforming how AWS operates its global infrastructure
- You will design and implement systemic solutions that fundamentally reduce operational complexity and cost across AWS regions
- Your work will involve creating scalable automation systems that eliminate operational toil and standardize workflows
- A significant aspect of your role will involve close collaboration with service teams, operational staff, and leadership to identify pain points and architect solutions that deliver lasting improvements
- You will help shape the future of AWS operations by contributing to the next generation of cloud infrastructure management, while ensuring solutions are both scalable and maintainable
- You may be required to occasionally participate in “on-call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours
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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