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Software Development Engineer III, Optical Long Haul Network Deployment
Amazon
Software Engineering
Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Aug 26, 2024
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer for our AWS Networking organization to join a team designing and developing software and services required to configure and automate operations for our global optical network. The successful candidate will help us scope, design, build and operate services that exceed our customer expectations.
We're looking for someone who is highly autonomous, detail oriented, possessing strong written and verbal communication skills and has significant experience working at scale. Software Development Engineers work hand-in-hand with System and Network Development Engineers, Network Operations and peer software teams to ensure designs are scalable, reduce operational burden, integrate with the existing tooling and maintain our customer focus.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS Global Infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS Datacenters and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
A Software Development Engineer (SDE) on the team is expected to operate autonomously, deliver projects that have scope at the team or cross team level, interact with other teams understand their needs or integrate with their systems. Daily activities for this role will include driving designs for components and services that deliver new features and capabilities, preparing estimates for upcoming deliverables, document proposed solutions, reviewing code of other members, writing well-structured and optimized code, performing root cause analysis on operational events, providing project updates to leadership and other team members.
As a Software Development Engineer working within AWS Infrastructure, you will:
• Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative 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 by building metrics and maintaining metrics platforms;
• Help shape the automation future in Networking Backbone Capacity organization;
• Use and develop tools, services and processes that collect and rationalize data from different sources;
• Identify and troubleshoot recurring platform issues with effective escalation to senior-level engineering teams;
• Contribute to documentation, process and procedures;
• Be involved in the formulation of structured training;
• Work in an Agile development environment;
• Learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best;
Amazon’s network is a key differentiator for Amazon Cloud Computing and Web Services (AWS), enabling the global operation of thousands of applications across millions of servers worldwide. The Networking team develops and operates the network platform for all of Amazon including e-commerce products and cloud computing solutions. This platform is industry-leading for its efficiency, throughput and reliability, and it is critical to the success of hundreds of thousands of AWS customers.
Amazon Web Services is looking for a Software Development Engineer to support the Optical Backbone team to deploy one of the world’s largest and most complex telecommunication networks. Our goal is to become “The Infrastructure Platform” to the world and customers demand the highest quality and reliability for their services. As we expand at a tremendous rate it is our responsibility to maintain that quality and reliability. We look for innovative ways to automate and scale our network as we expand, while driving complex issues to resolution. The location is open to Seattle, WA.
Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills and has a successful track record of troubleshooting complex network problems and delivering innovative solutions. The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment is essential. This is an amazing opportunity in terms of responsibility, interesting challenges and high visibility.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
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 empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & 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.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
About Us
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/network development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and live site operations
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
- Knowledge on optical systems and how this technology takes part on a biggest network environment and which are the main components that are used on optical deployments
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.