Amazon Software Development Engineer Backbone Controllers 

United States, California 

669460361

Come join us and…
· Do what nobody else in the world is doing… literally.
· Gain world class knowledge and expertise on the inner workings of the Internet.· Create, enhance, and run scalable autonomous controller services that observe the state of the network, make active decisions to optimize traffic based on programmable business logic.
· Collaborate with and learn from world leaders in distributed systems development and operations.
· Gain practical experience building incredible software using Amazon Web Services.
Why AWS
Work/Life Balance
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.Working at AWS on the GCNA Team
• Meet Robert, VP: https://youtu.be/8v5i42FL02w
Key job responsibilities
Engineers will build software that controls traffic on AWS Backbone network. Work involves:
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
• Write high quality distributed system software
• Enjoy seeing the impact of your work has on customers.
• Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
• Take ownership and do what it takes to get the job done.
• Learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best.
A day in the life• Work in a 24x7 team on call rotation, with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.
• Manage customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
• Sit at the computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.
• Travel to data center/network sites and Amazon/customer offices as needed.

- 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