Senior Software Development Engineer-Amazon Web Services-New Business Initiative Job in Seattle, Washington US
Senior Software Development Engineer-Amazon Web Services-New Business Initiative
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) team is launching a new service and we need an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help set the architecture and deliver v1 of this new product. As a ?founding? member of the team, responsibilities will include defining the architecture and leading the implementation and launch of the new service. In this role, you will own significant portions of the service and serve as a leader and consultant for other engineers in their areas of work. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define features, drive system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality v1 release. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable, scalable, and high performance service requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. The ideal candidate will be clearly passionate about start-up opportunities, and have a demonstrable track record of success delivering new features or products. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. He or she has strong OO design and implementation experience, strong knowledge of web services and protocols (HTTP/XML/REST), an in-depth knowledge of distributed systems architectures based on SOA, and has led or mentored junior engineers.