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Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer, you’ll be responsible to build and operate core EC2 infrastructure that runs on the hardware that enables launches of thousands of EC2 instances every day
As an experienced engineer in this team, you will play an active role in developing high quality software designs & solutions to complex problems. You are successful at working autonomously in delivering software. You work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant. You write code that is easy to understand and your solutions are pragmatic. You regularly evaluate and improve your team's internal development processes.
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. Currently we work mostly remotely with the option of going to the office. This can change and will be aligned to Amazon’s future remote work policy. 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 CoreO team forms part of the EC2 organisation in Cape Town. You will have the opportunity to work with the some of the best engineers in virtualization and kernel development. The team has specialised skills in CPU oversubscription and many of the senior engineers have been around since the inception of EC2.
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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