Software Development Engineer at Amazon

Key job responsibilities

• In our team, engineers have the opportunity to contribute to the complete vertical stack of an SOA based system, which is horizontally connected to most systems in the larger Amazon ecosystem. Our SDEs use a variety of open source technologies, native AWS services as well as services internal to AWS. We code mostly in Java, JavaScript and Ruby (RoR), and build on technologies powering the web such as Angular/Bootstrap, Node and Elastic Search as well as a broad range of in-house Amazon Cloud technologies and native AWS technologies, such as Route53, Lambda, API gateway, AppSync, KMS, AWS Connect, Lex, Kendra, Redshift, QuickiSight and DynamoDB.
• Our team is growing and hiring software development engineers at all levels. Depending on the level, you will demonstrate knowledge in the following disciplines at varying levels:

Software Development

• You recognize and adopt best practices in software development engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.
• You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code
• You have a working knowledge of basic UI technologies, frameworks and concepts including HTML 5, REST, jQuery, AJAX, CSS3, SOA, Responsive design
• You can define APIs and integrate them into usable interfaces
• You understand how web applications work, perform and scale. You are comfortable with troubleshooting and problem analysis

Problem Solving

• You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.
• You develop pragmatic solutions. You build flexible/scalable systems without over-engineering and choose simple, straightforward solutions over more complex ones. Where existing solutions are known, you use them.
• You understand fundamental data structures and algorithms and know how, when and when not to use them.
• You anticipate and prevent future problems from occurring

About the team

• Diverse Experiences
• AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.