Amazon Software Engineer Compute Platforms 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

494985068

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Key job responsibilities
* Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software
* Investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
* Write high quality distributed system software and perform peer code-reviews
* Perform development and maintenance of key system features
* Drive best practices and engineering excellence
* Provide technical direction to the team and identify areas of focus
* Establish architectural principles, selecting design patterns and mentoring team members on their appropriate application
* Create and review software design documentation and mentor junior engineers
* Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etcA day in the life
AWS engineers build at a scale rarely seen. You will have the chance to work on new and existing products, that directly impact the lives of millions, if not billions, of users around the globe. You’ll collaborate with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility. You’ll write high quality distributed system software and drive engineering best practices. Working in an Agile/Scrum environment you’ll establish architectural principles and mentor team members.Sydney, NSW, AUS

- * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- * 3+ years relevant experience in software development
- * Experience working with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and object-oriented software design in Linux/Unix environments
- * Proficiency with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, Java, Typescript, Scala, Golang, C++ or C#

- * Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle; including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- * Track record of designing and building complex software systems and successfully delivering them to customers
- * Exposure to architecting and designing large-scale distributed systems (e.g. SQL/NoSQL, scalability and fault-tolerance)