Software Development Engineer, Ring Neighbors

DESCRIPTION

Ring Neighbors is looking to add a Software Development Engineer to our growing backend engineering team. Ring Neighbors (https://ring.com/neighbors), launched in 2018, is a hyperlocal social networking app providing real-time crime and safety alerts from neighbors and public safety agencies. With Neighbors, you can always know when and where things are happening in your area, and share updates to keep you and your community informed. The Neighbors app is available on iOS (4.8 stars), Android (4.7 stars), recently launched on Web, and is also included as an embedded experience within the Ring app. Neighbors is used by millions of people each month.

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of core services at Ring.

This role involves design, architecture, implementation, and operation of the large-scale cloud systems that make our neighborhood safer. You will be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the technical direction of these services, and the feature roadmap. You will work with extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best execute on the product.

The ideal candidate:

• Has a strong foundation in software development, design patterns, and cloud computing

• Has experience working with large-scale cloud systems, understanding how to architect and build them

• Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities

• Knows what is important when shipping products to customers and has been through the process from start to finish

• Promotes robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and can deliver high quality work on tight schedules

• Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership and never shies away from a challenge

About the team

The team owns services that have been built primarily in Go and Java, regularly utilize Lambdas as part of an event driven architecture, and are responsible for delivering a combination of backend services and tools used by internal customers.

The tooling include a machine learning (ML) component ripe for future investment and the team leverages a rich set of AWS services are used in the team's solutions including: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Kinesis, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Open Search, Lambda, Cloud Auth, Redshift, Athena, along with Amazon's standard Builder Hub Tools. The team consists of a combination of backend, full-stack, and frontend developers.

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

Hawthorne, CA, 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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/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.