Software Development Engineer, EC2 Spot

DESCRIPTION

Are you excited to be part of a team in AWS which has growing Year-Over-Year (YOY) business and has direct customer impact? Are you interested to work on business critical and ambiguous distributed system problems? Then you are at the right "spot".

EC2 Spot is a cost-effective compute solution for customers that run fault-tolerant or flexible workloads. Spot customers get up to a 90% discount, on their compute capacity.

In exchange, AWS can terminate individual instances with a 2-minute notification. Spot allows AWS to monetize unused, spare compute capacity, shaping demand and leading to increased utilization and profitability. Our customer base range from college students to large tech companies.

EC2 Spot team directly influences customer experience through public AWS APIs and Open source integrations. We manage capacity, allocation strategies and dynamic pricing, which are backed by prediction algorithms.

We have challenging goals to increase compute capacity utilization while meeting customers' demand for capacity availability and reduce costs. As an AWS team, we maintain a high bar on service availability, scalability and operating efficiency. Come join us to drive towards our goals of optimally selling unused capacity and to improve customer/developer experience.

You can find more details about Spot Instances here - https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/spot

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Key job responsibilities

We are looking for an engineer who has a passion for solving problems. As an EC2 engineer, you will be designing and implementing software solutions for complex engineering problems.

Your work will maintain high standards of quality and performance to meet the availability, security and durability that AWS customers expect. You will work closely with business stakeholders to refine product definition and customer experience.

As an EC2 Spot team engineer, you are expected to collaborate with other engineers and AWS teams, plan, execute and deliver on roadmap projects.

You will efficiently operate a high-throughput, large-scale distributed system that supports tens of thousands of AWS customers and drive operational excellence by making operational improvements. You should demonstrate strong teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills to both business and technical audience.

A day in the life

An SDE will spend their days designing, coding, testing and documenting. Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input. They will attend regular status meetings, design reviews and resolve discordant views within and outside of the team.

During operational shift, engineer in this role will lead operations reviews, respond to degraded customer experience and track down problems and provide appropriate solutions.

About the team

The team is built on mutual respect with a culture of supportive communication. Successful candidates will be team and customer oriented and open minded with a balance of Bias for Action, Deliver Results and Dive Deep.

Insisting on the highest standards in conduct and code are integral part of who we are. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

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 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 $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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.