Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Vetting - Amazon

Description Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build massively scalable systems that are used by the world's largest cloud infrastructures? Would you enjoy broad yet equally deep scope that impacts all AWS systems globally? AWS Vetting continues to pioneer and our team is architecting, building, and operating scalable services that are at the core of AWS infrastructure. What do we do? We build platforms and tools that ensure the health of AWS hardware by testing every new and rebuilt system across all AWS data centers. Our platform enables service owners such as EC2, EBS, S3, KMS, and other to deliver healthy servers for their service to the production. Our team leads a large-scale service that sets the bar for Amazon and the industry in platform level services, effectively enabling the hardware at scale by designing and developing the software that manages the verification and testing of every server in AWS. Why it's high-impact? We set the bar high to ensure that AWS customers get the capacity they need to run their applications on a healthy hardware server within an SLA What's the challenge? There are many ambiguous and difficult challenges in our fast-moving space. Our platform is mission critical and requires deep system and software expertise. You need to have the ability to work within a fast moving and startup-like environment in a large company. You will identify solutions, trying ideas, given space to fail and iterate to produce products that your customers love. What you will do? You will be a part of a team to build the next generation of level software and systems that enables us to deliver healthy hardware to AWS customers. You design and deliver technology solutions which solve difficult business problems. Who would succeed in this role? Deeply technical engineers, who stay close to the customer as well as the systems architecture and design. They think about customer experience and the outcome. A person who works autonomously and dives deep in to a problem to deeply understand how things work, when to make subtle change, and when to disrupt the status quo to achieve the right results. Key job responsibilities - Lead design, implementation, and delivery of software that solves complex problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices. - Focus on a major portion of existing or new team software, including large or significant component, set of features, mid-size application or service. - Work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant. You write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand. - Work on project ideas with customers, stakeholders, peers and helping balance customer requirements with team requirements. - Influence your team's technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach. - Take the lead in identifying and solving architecture deficiencies or areas where your team's software bottlenecks the innovation of other teams. You help your team deliver higher quality software faster (or fail faster to get to the right solution). - You lead design reviews for your team and actively participate in design reviews of related software or other team software at your location. - You lead by example. Your code, design, and implementation decisions set a great example to others and demonstrate best practices. You provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcome. - Influence and positively impact the technical decisions. The influence can be via a collaborative software effort or by driving software best practices (e.g., security, quality, operational excellence, etc.). - Actively participate in the hiring process as well as mentor others - improving their skills, their knowledge of your software, and their ability to get things done. - Improve and focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions. - Work to resolve the root cause of complex problems, leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it. - Actively help evolve the team by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews. About the team AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) 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. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience - 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team - Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Preferred Qualifications - 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - 7+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience - Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers - 7+ years of highly scalable systems experience - Experience in computer architecture, or experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware - Knowledge of Linux systems and operating system internals - Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project - Experienced in Agile or Scrum software development methodologies - Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team - Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving skills - Experience communicating with users, software development engineering teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features and technical designs. - Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly - Demonstrated ability to mentor junior software engineers or software developers in all aspects of their engineering duties. 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 $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.