Software Development Engineer, S3
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Web Services' Cloud Storage, AWS Simple Storage Service (S3), is one of the largest storage services in the world. We host trillions of objects and serve millions of requests per second and growing.
Ever tried to find a needle in a haystack? With trillions of objects to manage, keeping track of what is in your S3 bucket is hard. S3 Index Services team develops software responsible for durability and availability of key-value metadata. Developers in the S3 Index Services team work on some of the hardest computer science problems. We build services that can handle wildly varying access patterns and unprecedented load by our customers. Managing this growth auto-magically, without the need for customers to provision capacity, is what puts the SIMPLE in S3
The S3 Index team is looking for passionate, experienced software engineers to build the next generation, internet-scale Tier 1 web services for S3. We own large-scale distributed systems that are responsible for maintaining the durability, availability and scalability of the S3 Index. You will be part of a team of highly skilled software engineers, delivering the next generation of systems supporting S3.
As a Software Development Engineer on this team, you will have the opportunity to develop back-end sub-systems with hard distributed system problems that are used by millions of applications around the world and by doing so defining S3 for customers. The work you do here significantly drives growth not just in S3, but across the AWS ecosystem. It involves creating reliable, scalable and flexible web services, exceptional technical expertise and a sound understanding of the Computer Science fundamentals and complex algorithms. You are someone who enjoys solving complex problems, is customer-obsessed and feels strongly not only about writing high quality software but also about innovating on behalf of our customers.
About the team
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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
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The base salary for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.