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Amazon Software Development Engineer - EC2 Pricing & Launch Services, EC2 Pricing & Launch Services in Seattle, Washington
Description
The team: Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) enables customers of all sizes to run their applications on our industry leading cloud infrastructure. EC2 Pricing & Launch Services is a team under EC2 umbrella that helps customers access compute resources at the best possible price based on current available supply and demand.
EC2 Pricing & Launch Services builds & manages software that enables dynamic pricing, helping customers take advantage of available EC2 capacity in the most cost optimized manner. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. This team is growing rapidly so we can significantly expand our feature set and increase scale.
You: We’re seeking software developers who are passionate about working on distributed systems architecture, solving synchronization & performance optimization problems. You should be effective in working backwards from customer pain points and building features for our customers. You will help innovate around our pricing & bidding systems, value operational excellence, and help us grow our market segment share. You should have a good understanding of data consistency and transactions between distributed services. Experience with web-services, especially at large scale, will be helpful.
Key job responsibilities
Design, build and optimize the software to run an exchange for computing resources including pricing models and distribution of risk
Design, build and optimize the customer facing features that make it easy for customers around the world to select products and use EC2 features in the most cost-effective way
Define intuitive web-service APIs and use AWS’s cutting edge technologies to develop new customer features rapidly
Empower developers from around the world to build their applications on EC2 compute power (e.g. reduce friction, simplify APIs, add tooling, improve the service architecture)
Automatically deploy and monitor your service to identify performance issues before our customers do
Recruit, interview and hire software developers that raise the bar in all areas
Mentor junior software developers and grow your skills & career
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.
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