At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and manage container orchestration services that impact thousands of users.
- Company: Join Amazon ECS, a leader in cloud technology with a supportive team culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health benefits, remote work options, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment focused on mentorship and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving complex problems with innovative software solutions.
- Qualifications: 3+ years of software development experience and strong knowledge of distributed systems.
The predicted salary is between 141480 - 172920 $ per year.
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that helps you easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. The ECS team develops features that impact thousands of users and customers both internally and externally! Amazon ECS is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to deliver our container orchestration service and accelerate adoption of containers in the cloud. This role includes responsibility for ECS and Fargate, our Serverless container compute offering.
We are seeking an SDE with strong knowledge of distributed systems. You must enjoy working on complex software systems in a customer-centric environment and be passionate not only about building good software but also ensuring that the same software achieves its goals in operational reality. A successful candidate will need a strong understanding of software development with Linux, and be comfortable analyzing large amounts of data from multiple sources within a distributed network.
Create a first-class experience for our customers by keeping their needs at the center of your work. Solve difficult problems with elegant and practical code. Design, build, deploy, and own scalable and robust systems, taking well scoped requirements through to delivery. Help operate a public AWS service, including participating in on-call and improving operational health. Use data to guide your decisions and validate your assumptions. Contribute to architecture and technology choices for your features, and grow into a broader technical voice over time. Develop project plans and commitments, and deliver consistently against them.
About the team: Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
Software Development Engineer employer: Amazon
At Amazon, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, especially for those passionate about cutting-edge technology in the heart of Vancouver. Our inclusive work culture fosters innovation and collaboration, providing employees with ample opportunities for professional growth and mentorship. With comprehensive benefits and a commitment to operational excellence, we empower our team to push the boundaries of autonomous AI systems that are transforming financial operations at scale.
