Amazon Software Development Engineer Linux WorkSpaces 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

400858330

As a software development engineer on the team, you will build, design, and test on-device agents that run in the WorkSpaces as well as automate the surrounding deployment infrastructure. You will independently own the project lifecycle starting with the technical design all the way through rollout and launch, seeking feedback from senior engineers as necessary. You will leverage your background in Linux to make thoughtful architectural decisions and raise tradeoffs to your team when the path forward is unclear or likely to be contentious. You will develop your skills and knowledge on technologies such as Linux package management, native Linux desktop application development, and the Linux operating system as well as building systems leveraging AWS cloud services to support the Linux business. In the process you will have the opportunity to work with a number of industry leading AWS services and peers and collaborate closely with your cross-functional team and senior software engineers.
Key job responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy reliable software using Python, Bash, Go, and AWS technologies with clean, maintainable code.
- Mentor and grow junior team members.- Be curious and deep-dive into Linux to root cause defects and optimize for performance, maintainability, scalability, and extensibility.A day in the life- Once you arrive, you grab a drink from the lobby. Today you choose cold brew, but your office also has free drip coffee, espresso, kombucha, and tea.
- Now that you are well caffeinated, you are ready to start your day. You get into the office and say hello to your coworkers before sitting down at your desk.
- You check your slack messages and emails to make sure there isn’t anything urgent. Product has a question regarding implementation details on your current project so you decide to resolve the discussion in person since you think that will be faster. You get up from your seat and look over the dividers in the aisle to begin the discussion and are able to resolve it in five mins. (If this was not an in-office day, you would have just as easily spun up a quick Chime call or Slack huddle.)- You then have an uninterrupted two-hour block for coding till your next meeting. You finish this block feeling super productive.- You spend a few more hours coding and then realize its already 3 pm. You remember that your child has an appointment at 4:30 pm, so you head home to pick them up from day care, letting the team know you will make up the hours later in the night or early tomorrow morning since you didn’t want to use vacation/personal time.
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- 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
- Ability to work on a diverse team

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience