Software Development Engineer

Software Development Engineer (Sde) OpportunityThe AWS Networking organization is hiring talented Software Development Engineers (SDE) to join our team. Within Networking, we're confronting and solving complex and high-stake challenges. Our teams support the design of connectivity between the hundreds of AWS locations and thousands of services. As a member of the Backbone Engineering team, you will play a part in designing and architecting software feeding Network Engineers with critical information about AWS Backbone network performance.This position is part of the Backbone organization where the team is responsible for building solutions that increase the scale, efficiency, and resiliency of the AWS Backbone. Ever wonder how Amazon manages the capacity of thousands of network links? How Amazon offers a highly available and scalable network? Engineers on this team collaborate with various teams to automate capacity allocation of AWS services workloads into the network. Engineers on this team make day-to-day and strategic decisions that carry a huge amount of responsibility and impact.We strive to have a collaborative environment that impacts products and software across the company. We use AWS technologies like DynamoDB, SWF, S3, EC2, API Gateway, Lambda, ELB, RDS, and Athena. We are one of the many teams ensuring Amazon's network maintains 100% uptime. We are spread across Seattle, Dublin, and Sydney. Our work has a direct impact on internal and external customers. We own and operate the infrastructure required to serve our customers.Why AWS? 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.Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce; we celebrate the diverse ways we work.Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. Mentorship and Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. 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.Key Job Responsibilities Engineers build software and deploy products that enable the backbone to be utilized as an efficient service by our customers. Our customers utilize our services to visualize the performance of AWS Backbone network that crosses the entire plant, identify where in the real-world availability risk and congestion occur to plan and act to protect the network.• Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.• Write high-quality distributed system software.• Enjoy seeing the impact of your work has on customers.• Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.• Take ownership and do what it takes to get the job done.• Learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best.About the Team We are a group of engineers that value diverse perspectives, collaborate freely, and believe we should help each other succeed (and fail) as a team. We love to learn and take ownership for our work, and we think you probably do too. As a member of our team, you will have opportunities to stretch your skills, whether that means resolving deep algorithmic knots in our backend services or designing a better user experience for our technical users. The various technical and functional partnership gives us the opportunity to extend our knowledge, individual skills, and collective ownership.