Software Development Engineer, EC2 Infrastructure Service

Software Development Engineer, EC2 Infrastructure Service

This position can reside in Seattle WA.

Are you the type of person who enjoys solving complex problems in the cloud? Do you enjoy making an impact at a massive scale and keeping millions of customers' data safe in the cloud? Are you obsessed with designing software that efficiently processes tremendous data volumes, and leveraging the technological breadth of AWS? Do you want the adrenaline rush of protecting customers and working with services in relation to detecting or implementing cloud protection? If this is you, then have we got an opportunity for you!

As a Software Engineer on the EC2 Substrate Operator Safety team, you will be building and developing brand new software systems. You will solve mission critical development and operations problems throughout the global presence for EC2. You’ll design and own robust systems with cloud scale best practices. You’ll leverage deep experience of running a critical service with zero downtime, eliminating scalability bottlenecks and monitoring in every dimension.

You would enjoy working closely with a peer group of highly talented engineers, and in an environment that encourages innovation, calculated risk taking, and rapid decision making.

Key Job Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer on the EC2 Substrate Operator Safety team, you will be building and developing brand new software systems for a new security domain. You will solve mission critical development and operations problems throughout the global presence for EC2. You’ll design and own robust systems with cloud scale best practices. You’ll leverage deep experience of running a critical service with zero downtime, eliminating scalability bottlenecks and monitoring in every dimension.

Minimum Requirements

1. 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2. 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
3. Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
4. 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
5. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

About the Team

Substrate Operator Safety owns the foundational infrastructure for EC2 operators, alarming on non-compliant actions in near real time and providing safe operator tooling. Our vision is to help EC2 operate the most secure cloud computing platform in the world. We want our customers to be confident that their data and applications are as secure as possible while they run on EC2.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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