Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Consumer Cloud Foundation (CCF) group that is a part of eCommerce Foundation builds multiple cloud based and distributed platform services that are at the core of Amazon's consumer and digital businesses. It specializes in data storage, data security, and data streaming. Thousands of services fueling the growth of Amazon businesses use CCF technologies to secure and store customer orders, catalog and product information, shopping cart, Kindle device information, and hundreds of other business critical data-sets. The performance and availability of CCF technologies is critical to the reliability of the Amazon brand. We partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage technologies built for cloud customers, and to offer technologies we invent through AWS channel to the broader market. The products that this group owns are Data Security Services, Sequence Generator, Secondary Indexing, Range Queries, Tiered Storage, and Bulk Data Migration. A successful candidate will be able to drive strong technical talent, interface with a large customer base to understand their needs and priorities, and communicate to upper management on a tactical and strategic level. Our ideal candidate is a self-directed leader with proven software development experience. The candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, understands the data security and storage space, and will help us help the business innoavate quickly at scale. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly not only about building epic software but about making that software exceeds its goals in operational reality.

Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery. The e-Commerce business requires creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience managing high performing software development team, building processes, project management, and release schedules
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
· 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
· 3+ years of management experience
· Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
· Ability to work well with people and be both highly motivated and motivating
· Substantive hands-on experience building innovative, complex software
· Operational support and passion, with experience in establishing, measuring, and meeting service level agreements, improving the availability, performance, and quality of systems