Golang Job: Software Development Engineer

Job summary
Does the challenge of working on the bleeding edge of technology, building software and systems at AWS scale, and having global impact excite you?

Do you want to work with some of the best and brightest engineers, while developing your skills and furthering your career at one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere?

In this role, you’ll develop software that’s removing the need for human intervention by performing millions of daily operations across a multitude of regions across the globe. You’ll join a team that’s instrumental in driving the stability and sustainability of our next-generation networks and discovering innovative ways to automate and scale services as we continue to expand.

The Networking Automation and Optimization teams at AWS are building software to automate network remediation and deployment, improve performance for customers, answer queries about the safety of network actions and automatically detect anomalies using scientific intelligence, and roll out new software to the fleet of network devices with minimum human interaction.

You’ll join a group that owns a product and iterates fast to continuously improve. A group that ships positivity within the team to create a happy and respectful work environment, and values self investment as a core part of their success.

Responsibilities:

• Develop best in class software systems for automating Amazon's network
• Provide technical direction to the team and identify areas of focus
• Create and review software design documentation and mentor junior engineers
• Collaborate with the Network Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products
• Operate the software you’re putting into production
• Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc
• Collaborate with the Network Engineering and Operations teams to automate and invent new ways of operating Amazon's Next-Generation Network

• Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle; including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Track record of designing and building complex software systems and successfully delivering them to customers
• Exposure to large-scale distributed storage and database systems (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, Graph Databases)
• Experience communicating with peers, technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements & describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience mentoring junior engineers to improve their skills, efficiency and productivity, and influencing systems engineering practices within the team
• Experience architecting/deploying/operating solutions built on AWS and experience with services such as RDS, EC2, Dynamo DB, CloudWatch.
• Interest in the general Internet peering/transit ecosystem or exposure to a networking environment

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
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, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.