Software Development Engineer, AWS Transactional Services

Key job responsibilities

• You work with the team to design, build, and operate systems that are secure, available, and performant.
• You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
• You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them (and when it is not). Your solutions are pragmatic navigating constraints.
• You create maintainable software without over-engineering. You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
• You focus on operational excellence, understanding how decisions impact operational costs, and take on projects that make software easier to maintain.

A day in the life

• Designing and driving technical decisions that balance competing priorities and constraints
• Implementing changes at a high quality achieving stringent requirements for availability, security, and performance
• Creating and implementing automation that improve system reliability and operational efficiency
• Working closely with dependent teams to enhance system capabilities and resolve technical challenges
• Driving investigations to root cause anomalies, and delivering robust solutions

About the team

We are a team that relishes solving hard problems across the entire software stack, from application logic down to hardware. Engineering rigor and excellence are central to everything we deliver. We constantly share knowledge and grow together through technical deep-dives and demos. We love a good debate, evaluating multiple perspectives and approaches to arrive at thoughtful decisions on critical questions.

Operational excellence

Operational excellence isn't just a goal - it's a critical requirement in our work. We strive for continuous improvement, believing that this pursuit strengthens both our systems and our engineering skills.

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