Software Development Engineer, Simple Email Service

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset. Come and build the future with us as we redefine the email communication experience for people and applications! Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is on a mission to revolutionize email experiences for our customers and their end users. We are at the forefront of creating richer, more engaging email functionalities innovating at every step to provide a seamless unified experience. As a Software Development Engineer for Amazon SES you'll work on backend and customer-facing systems contributing to the development and improvement of our email services. You'll focus on building reliable and scalable solutions collaborating with other engineers to solve complex technical challenges and ensuring our services are highly available and scalable to meet the needs of our global customer base. As a member of the SES engineering team your job will allow you to work with customers and other technology leaders at Amazon to translate strategic business needs into features and projects with an opportunity to participate in strategic planning contributing to the overall direction of the service. Leadership and Culture-Building: In Amazon everyone is a leader. You will contribute to fostering a culture of creativity and openness. Your work will encourage innovation and growth and you will play a role in mentoring and supporting your colleagues. Knowledge sharing and professional development are important and you'll be part of a team that values these elements. On-Call Responsibility: This position involves on-call responsibilities. We don't like being paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault-tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we aren't paged for the same issue twice. AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization you'll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (IoT) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.About the teamAmazon 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. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. We value work-life harmony. 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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.Basic qualifications- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems- Experience programming with at least one software programming languagePreferred qualification - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operationsAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. 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