Software Development Engineer, Traffic and Network Modeling

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) is responsible for designing planning delivering and operating all of AWSs global infrastructure - in short we keep the cloud running. Our teams include software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security professionals operations managers and many other essential roles. Together we collaborate across AWS to uphold the highest standards of safety and reliability while delivering virtually unlimited capacity at the lowest possible cost.

Within AIS the Traffic and Network Modeling team develops the scientific models and software systems that guide how AWS grows and sustains one of the worlds largest networks. We blend rigorous modeling techniques with modern machine learning and scalable network simulations to answer critical questions: How much network capacity is needed and where What should be built and on what timeline

Were seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to advance our network simulation platform and leverage agentic AI to automate capacity this role youll focus on the engineering: scaling and extending the network simulations and services that model network failures across diverse fabrics and developing agentic AI workflows that automate troubleshooting and reduce toil.

Key job responsibilities
- Design build and deliver scalable software systems
- Solve broadly defined problems by designing the right solutions then owning them through design implementation deployment and operations
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and reliability issues in production systems
- Participate in architecture and design reviews providing technical guidance to the team
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams and leadership to gather requirements shape technical designs and deliver innovative products
- Apply engineering best practices across the full development lifecycle - coding standards code reviews source control build processes test automation and operations
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture

A day in the life
Youll write and review code daily as you build the services and tools that power the teams mission. Youll dig into large-scale network simulations to find and fix performance and accuracy issues prototype and validate solutions against production data and build agentic AI workflows that automate troubleshooting and reduce toil.

Youll partner closely with scientists and engineers on the Traffic and Network Modeling team as well as network planning and capacity teams across AWS Infrastructure Services who depend on your systems to decide what infrastructure to build and when. Youll work in an agile sometimes ambiguous environment use data to make decisions and grow alongside teammates who share your passion for the mission.

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

- 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
- 2 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 3 years of building complex software systems experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually

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