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Base Salary
$185k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and operate systems benefiting Amazon Redshift clusters worldwide.
- Own product vision, define new features and architecture, and convert ambiguous requirements into customer-focused projects.
- Deliver software end to end across design, development, deployment, monitoring, and operations.
- Lead engineers on substantial projects and mentor and help hire team members.
- Create metrics, implement automation, improve software architecture, and resolve root causes of software defects.
- Participate in design discussions and code reviews and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide technical input for cross-functional business decisions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
- Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C++, Java, or Rust for building and operating mission-critical, highly available systems.
- Preferred: 5+ years covering the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Preferred: master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Preferred: strong analytical skills, attention to detail, effective communication, and demonstrated software engineering experience through prior work, internships, coding competitions, or publications.
- Preferred: experience with distributed multi-tiered systems architecture and live system/core analysis using GDB.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, supplemental life plan options, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the Amazon package.
- Workplace accommodations and adjustments are available during the application and hiring process.
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.