Amazon Systems Development Engineer Database Services 

United Kingdom, England, London 

196800816

Top reasons to join our team:
• Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
• Define, build, own, and run services in high-growth environments
• Solve unique and first-order problems in foundational AWS services such as DynamoDB, OpenSearch and Glue
• Learn how to build and operate distributed systems at scale
• Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal servicesKey job responsibilities
Our Systems Development Engineers spend time:
• Automating the world's most advanced cloud computing infrastructure
• Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers and our builders
• Building unique solutions to our customers’ technical problems
• Studying and learning from industry recognised Amazon Senior and Principal Engineers
• Coaching, hiring and developing team membersA day in the life
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.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:

- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust

- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience building services using AWS products
- Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes