4 days ago
Canberra, Australia +4 moreMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and operate distributed services and tooling supporting AWS regional infrastructure at scale.
- Own features end-to-end from scoping and design through coding, testing, deployment, and live-site operations.
- Contribute to architecture decisions involving scalability, performance, availability, and cost.
- Deliver cross-service integrations and platform improvements with engineers across AWS organizations.
- Write maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews and design discussions.
- Drive performance optimization, infrastructure modernization, and technical debt reduction.
- Participate in on-call rotations and resolve production issues through root-cause fixes.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 2 years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Programming experience in at least one software programming language.
- Australian citizenship and eligibility to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance.
- Ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment.
- Preferred: bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Preferred: experience with the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Preferred: knowledge of object-oriented design, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.
- Preferred: familiarity with distributed systems concepts, event-driven architectures, AWS services, and cloud infrastructure.
Benefits
- Strictly Melbourne-based position with interstate relocation support.
- Work-life harmony and workplace flexibility are emphasized.
- Access to employee-led inclusion groups, events, and learning experiences.
- Mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and career-development resources are available.
About Amazon
Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.