Sr. System Development Engineer, CloudFront

Amazon Data Services, Inc.•3h ago

United StatesOnsite$151.2K–$204.6KFull-timeMid Level4+ yrs exp

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Amazon CloudFront is one of the fastest growing, lowest latency and highest throughput services in all of AWS. CloudFront is a fast content delivery (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications
APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds, all within a developer-friendly environment. We bring the Internet closer to end users, speeding up the user experience. CloudFront is integrated with physical locations that are directly connected to the global infrastructure, as well as other services. CloudFront enables multiple services including Shield for DDoS mitigation, Amazon S3, Elastic Load Balancing or Amazon EC2 as origins for your applications
Lambda@Edge to run custom code closer to users and to customize the user experience. Amazon CloudFront uses a global network of edge locations to cache and route requests to the best possible location based on known latency, available capacity and many other factors. Amazon CloudFront’s Engineering team is looking for an experienced Systems Development Engineer to build and develop new hardware and provisioning platforms
build automation and tooling of critical service reliability and efficient functions that are secure, massively scale, are fault-tolerant
global. Opportunities with CloudFront include: * Leading change to develop simple, elegant solutions to complex operational or reliability challenges * Utilizing hands-on technical skills to partner with team members and be comfortable diving into the fray as needed * Building systems to maintain good “fleet hygiene” and hardware lifecycle management * Identifying and developing processes
tools to address top operational issues. As a member of the CloudFront team, you will: * Operate a business with global infrastructure and customers at a massive scale * Own one of the lowest latency and highest throughput services in all of AWS * Work closely with a great team of software developers and principal engineers * Understand what it takes to grow and operate a global business at scale. The CloudFront team: Is a group of technologists from diverse backgrounds Obsesses over our customer’s needs and experience Loves building new innovative technologies and improving our existing ones Wears multiple hats. We enjoy the prototyping and tinkering stages, as well as the rigor of making solutions production-ready Is fast-growing, agile and collaborative. Key job responsibilities The System Development Engineer will design, build, secure, implement, code, automate, deploy
root-cause complex system issues accross many different types of Linux bare metal servers. You will own the availability, security
performance of everything Operating system downwards, including the hardware, firmware
components. You will automate and scale our the hardware lifecycle process to be efficient, durable
fault tolerant. You will ensure our servers are properly provisioned, patched, upgraded
in service all the time.
3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience - 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience - 4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience - 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation
process improvement experience - Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
1+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience - Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification
livesite operations - Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability
other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications
location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off
parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually

Required skills

C++C#JavaPythonGolangPowerShellRubyLinuxUnixBashPerl