Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Hyperplane

Job description

DESCRIPTION

AWS is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to drive the long-term technical vision on our Hyperplane service. This team owns the APIs and systems used for both directly customer-facing services such as NAT Gateway, Network Load Balancer, and PrivateLink, as well as many internal services.

As a Sr. Engineer in AWS Hyperplane, you will own a key part of our service, setting the team culture, best practices, mentor, and deliver on our product roadmap.

What you will do:
· Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate secure tools and services
· Drive an environment of continuous improvement and world-class efficiency
· Challenge conventional thinking; create innovative paths forward
· Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
· Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and encourage risk-taking to maximize business benefit
· Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies
· Drive operation excellence in your organization

As a senior technical individual contributor you will join the ranks of a large and growing community of senior engineers who are redefining how distributed systems are scaled and operated. You will help establish technical standards and drive Amazon’s overall technical architecture and engineering practices. You’ll work on Amazon’s hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
· Understanding of CI/CD and Agile software engineering practices
· Substantial background in support for large scale software implementations
· Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems
· Experience in communicating with executives to describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
· Experience mentoring software engineers
Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 4+ years of professional software development experience
· 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
· 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
· A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a Bachelors or Masters of Science in CS or related field)
· Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical and collaborative problem-solving skills
· Comfortable working across multiple teams and organizations
· Strong sense of ownership and drive