Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Spotlight - Amazon

Description Are you passionate about technology and want to develop your skills? Do you like to create solutions to handle scalability and high-availability challenges? Do you want to work in a global service that is spread across many data center in multiple countries? Do you want to make history while having fun? If you answered yes, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is looking for a talented professional like you. EC2 is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers. It is the core of many AWS services and it is growing fast to meet the increased customer demand across many countries. Join an innovative and high performing team to develop and maintain the systems which makes EC2 platform highly reliable and available. As part of the EC2 Nitro Spotlight team, you will have direct impact launching new EC2 Nitro platforms with high reliability and continue to raise EC2 platform quality bar for existing platforms. Our team owns multiple services and you would get chance to be hands on with all. Amazon has an exciting work culture that rewards high performance. You'll experience opportunities to work with the world's best computer scientists on some of the most interesting problems. We have multiple positions available. Responsibilities - Design, implement and deploy mission-critical systems that work at the scale of the EC2 fleet - Develop algorithms that analyze and fleet conditions and platform health across different dimensions in EC2 - Develop systems that improve the customer experience on EC2 - Ensure the smooth and stable operation of the team's new and existent services - Exercise your judgment in proactively determining and recommending the best features, designs, and support models based on customer needs. Work / Life Harmony We puts a high value on work-life balance. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. We don't like getting paged in off hours so we work to ensure our systems are fault tolerant and focus on operational improvements. When we do get paged we work together to resolve and root cause the issue and work to reduce the chance of that occurring again. Mentorship and Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. Inclusive Team Culture Our team is diverse! We drive towards an inclusive culture and work environment. We are intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Team members are active in Amazon's 10+ affinity groups. We are looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive and inclusive team culture we have been building. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language Preferred Qualifications - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.