Senior Software Development Engineer, Device Software Externalization Team

Senior Software Development Engineer, Device Software Externalization Team

The Device Software Externalization Infrastructure team builds and owns the software infrastructure components to enable a simple, consistent, and scalable way for the Device Service Providers to offer their services and Service Consumers like Device Product Lines within Amazon and Device Makers outside of Amazon to discover, adopt, and use our Device Services for 1P and 3P Products.

The Role:

As a Senior SDE on the team, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and launch of some of the core services and features that will be used across multiple teams within Amazon and outside. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high-quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.

Key job responsibilities

1. Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
2. Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.
3. Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions.
4. Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, and engineering best practices.
5. Effectively research and benchmark Amazon technology against competing systems in the industry.
6. Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
7. Exert technical influence over the core platform teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your knowledge and experience.

About the team

The Device Software Externalization Infrastructure team builds and owns the software infrastructure components to enable a simple, consistent, and scalable way for the Device Service Providers to offer their services and Service Consumers like Device Product Lines within Amazon and Device Makers outside of Amazon to discover, adopt, and use our Device Services for 1P and 3P Products.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ 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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