Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Identity Services is looking for software engineers who like to solve complex problems, and relish the challenges of building and operating complex, distributed, mission critical systems under extreme loads. Our systems manage hundreds of millions of records, and serve millions of service requests. Do you think you are up to the challenge?

Identity Services provide the core services that identify, authenticate and authorize our customers, and provide the information to hundreds of services within the Amazon service oriented architecture. We manage the customer authentication and authorization experience, and are embarking on new and exciting initiatives in this space, both on the web and on mobile devices. If you are excited about solving new business problems using state-of-the-art technologies, and open standards such as OpenId and Oauth, or developing applications and frameworks for mobile platforms, we'd love to talk to you.

Duties will include design, implementation, documentation, support and operations of various facets of Identity Services. We are looking for self-starters who are interested in leading new initiatives. Successful candidates must also be innovative, creative, flexible, self-directed, and able to design and write high-performance, robust and maintainable code. They must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ability function at a very high level in a fast paced environment along with a team of very talented engineers is essential.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment to deliver world class mission critical systems, this may be the career opportunity for you.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science
- Proficiency in Java/C++ and SQL in a UNIX environment
- Strong OO design skills
- Proven experience in designing succesfully launched products/services
- 3+ years of industry experience