Software Development Engineer-Amazon Web Services Job in Seattle, Washington US
Software Development Engineer-Amazon Web Services
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) team is launching a new service and we need an experienced Software Engineer to help set the architecture and deliver v1 of this new product. As a ?founding? member of the team, responsibilities will include working with the technical leadership of the team to define the architecture and implement and launch the new service. In this role, you will own significant portions of the service and serve as a core designer of the system. 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.