Amazon Software Dev Engineer RDS Platform 

United States, California, East Palo Alto 

361390651

Utility Computing (UC)
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Key job responsibilities
Build large-scale distributed software systems in Java, Python and other languages
Lead the design and rearchitecture of new and existing services and features that will be deployed and used at massive scale
Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design
Test and deploying software, and documenting the features and design of software
Provide guidance and mentoring to other engineers
Interact with customers and other service teams to understand requirements and define solutions
Identify, evaluate and suggest mitigation strategies for risks during design
A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.

- 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

- 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