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Amazon Software Development Engineer, Data Center Operating Systems in Bellevue, Washington
Description
Would you enjoy broad yet equally deep scope that impacts all AWS systems globally? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build massively scalable systems that are used by the world's largest cloud infrastructures? AWS Data Center Operating Systems (DCOS) continues to pioneer new functionalities and platforms, and our teams are architecting, building and operating scalable services that are at the core of AWS software infrastructure. DCOS is responsible for building out the systems and software that orchestrate the physical work processes that occur inside all of AWS' global datacenters. Come and be part of the Data Center Operating System team and build systems that enable AWS to rapidly grow and continue to be the pioneer and leader in Computing, and have direct and immediate impact on the hundreds of thousands developers and businesses around the world.
Data Center Operating System are at heart of ensuring that we can provide our customers with the right computing services, in the right region, at the right time.
Who is our customer: Our software teams develop the platforms and tools that are used in Data Centers to automate server and equipment lifecycle to provide capacity to all AWS products reliably and efficiently.
What you will do: Our developers own the projects that set the bar for Amazon and the industry for platform level service, effectively enabling the data center operations at scale by writing the software that manages all aspects of global AWS data center operations. In this role you will be building the next generation of platform level software. You regularly work with senior AWS leadership to plan for the future.
Why it’s high-impact: Our systems ensure that AWS data centers run correctly and efficiently and that our leadership has visibility into every step of every process.
What’s the challenge: Our space is fast-moving, and has a large number of ambiguous and difficult challenges. Our projects require deep technical and software expertise and the ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company. You will be responsible for identifying solutions, trying ideas, given space to fail and iterate to produce products that your customers love. We will be building ML solutions to automatically build a shift plan for technicians based on a number of factors involved.
Who would succeed in this role: Deeply technical engineers, who stay close to the customer as well as the architecture and design. A person who works autonomously and dives deep in to a problem to deeply understand how things work, when to make subtle change, and when to disrupt the status quo to achieve the right results.
Key job responsibilities
Own, design, build, and deliver technically challenging projects
Grow more junior engineers and be force multiplier
Identify operational challenges early in the system and drive operational excellence
Contribute to and lead the improvements in development processes
Insist on highest standards for the long term system extensibility and scalability
About the team
The Boost MyDay team is specifically responsible for building the systems that orchestrate the technician experience for all types of work in AWS data center worldwide. True to our name, we literally help plan the day for the data center technician. Our talented team of data center technicians depend on our systems to perform their work safely, securely, efficiently, and free of defects, resulting in the backbone of products, the compute infrastructure.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
4+ 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
Preferred Qualifications
4+ 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.