Amazon Senior System Development Engineer Enterprise Networking 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

599481525

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
You will be responsible for the design, implementation and quality of services you deliver. Your experience working in a systems development or in an enterprise environment will help us implement automated solutions across a variety of applications and systems.You’ll also:
- Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
- Write high quality distributed system software.
- Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.- Contribute to documentation of process and procedures.- Take ownership, consider tradeoffs and lean on your expertise to ensure the job gets done.
A day in the life
Engineers in the GCNA organization have a wide range of responsibilities; we work with internal partners to develop and implement the next-generation platforms along with the tooling ecosystems to support these platforms driving efficiency and scalability through the automation of builds, configuration deployment, and the scaling of capacity. As our network is one of the largest in the world, there is no blueprint allowing our engineers to develop solutions to complex challenges that we face daily.*Why AWS*
*Diverse Experiences*
Amazon 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.*Work/Life Balance*
*Inclusive Team Culture*
*Mentorship and 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.

- 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 4+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 4+ years of experience with monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving system and software components.
- 4+ years of experience deploying and operating Linux in an enterprise environment, and a solid grasp on operating system fundamentals.
- 3+ years of experience working independently as a senior contributor or a lead member in large project teams at other organizations.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or relevant degree/experience.

- Strong knowledge of system architecture best practice and experience designing with and integrating cloud-based services into production products.
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Extensive experience with modern software development practices including Agile methodologies and DevOps. Experience with Linux containers, Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a plus.
- Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills.
- Proven hands-on experience of working with AWS products to deliver software systems.
- Familiarity with building native cloud solutions, asynchronous messaging, and network protocols.
- Strong experience with distributed computing and large-scale systems. Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
- In-depth knowledge of and experience with networking and/or systems technologies.
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
- Awareness of cloud technologies and architecture.
- Experience influencing engineering best practices within your team.
- Experience with networking fundamentals including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc