1 day ago
Herndon, VA, USA +2 moreMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$144k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead projects that solve complex distributed-systems problems at global scale.
- Design, implement, test, deploy, and operate software systems that automate Amazon’s networks.
- Build cloud-computing systems and tools that collect and rationalize data from multiple sources and frameworks.
- Use service data to measure success, improve quality, and prevent faults from affecting customers.
- Lead challenging projects and milestones as a technical leader on an agile team.
- Collaborate with Network Engineering teams on software rollouts, service delivery, and fleet optimization.
- Interact with customers, gather requirements, and influence the design, development, deployment, and support of new functionality.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to documentation, processes, and procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or CSSLP certification.
- At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 2 years of non-internship experience with design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Programming experience in at least one software programming language.
- Experience building complex software systems successfully delivered to customers.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
- Preferred: bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Preferred: at least 3 years covering the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Preferred: knowledge of professional software engineering practices across architecture, code reviews, source control, continuous deployment, testing, and operational excellence.
- Preferred: experience with distributed systems at scale.
- Must obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, EAP, mental health support, medical advice, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
- 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
- AWS states it sponsors the applicable security clearance for the government agencies where the employee performs AWS work.
- Work-life flexibility, mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and career-advancement resources.
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.