Senior Software Engineer, EC2 MemO at Amazon

What you will do: You work along skilled software engineers solving challenging problems whist taking ownership of key milestones.

Why it matters: EC2, while a mature business, is still growing at an incredibly fast rate. Your job will be to ensure we build the right platform to enable the best customer experience at the cheapest rate.

Why you’ll love it: This is an exciting team that provides plenty of space to innovate and grow. You will have ownership, not just responsibility.

Key job responsibilities

• As a senior Software Development Engineer, you’ll be responsible to architect, plan, develop and operate core EC2 infrastructure that enables launches of thousands of EC2 instances every day.
• You will solve challenging problems whist driving technical leadership in the team. You will have the opportunity to mentor some of the best talent and you will be a trusted advisor. You will drive the delivery of a wide range of projects in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as C, C++, Rust or Java is required.

A day in the life
Work/Life Balance
Most of our team is based in Cape Town. Under normal circumstances, we mostly work from the office but are very flexible if you need to work from home occasionally. From time-to-time, we work with our colleagues across the world meaning we accommodate the different time zones.

On-Call Responsibility
We rotate our on-call responsibilities which means that every 4-6 weeks, you would need to be contactable outside of office hours, however, due to the team largely focusing on investigations and monitoring, this rarely happens.

Mentorship & Career Growth

• Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

About the team
The EC2 Memo team forms part of the greater Oversubscription organisation. You will have the opportunity to work with the some of the best engineers in visualization. The team has specialised skills in CPU oversubscription and many of the senior engineers have been around since the inception of EC2.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or relevant work experience.
• 5+ years professional experience in commercial or web-scale system software development and delivery

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree or equivalent is plus
• A solid understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems
• A basic understanding of virtualization