Job Opportunities at Amazon

Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes we do get to build really cool services, but we also think a big reason for that is the inclusive and welcoming culture we try to cultivate every day. We’re looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we’ve been building.

Key job responsibilities

• Translation of complex business and customer requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive strategy for our product line.
• Responsible for the over-all systems development life cycle
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
• Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team
• Evolution of the software engineering practice within the team, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology
• Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology
• Continue to build an effective development organization by driving the recruiting and hiring of senior level engineers, developing and managing the group, and conducting performance reviews of team members
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.

Basic Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem solving abilities.
• BS/MS/PhD in computer science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience developing object-oriented software, with mastery of one or more relevant languages (Java, C#, Scala, C++, Ruby, etc.)
• 2-5 years experience as Development Manager
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis

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Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent working experience
• 1+ years of industry experience in a software development environment
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Java, C#, Python, Javascript, Scala, Kotlin

Preferred Qualifications

• Development experience in a Linux environment
• Experience in building highly available and scalable systems
• Knowledge of system performance methodologies along with hands on empirical monitoring
• Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Excellent written communication and verbal agility
• Demonstrated capability for innovation

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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field. In lieu of degree, additional years of hands-on experience may be substituted
• Minimum of 6+ years in running technical projects/programs
• Demonstrated knowledge of AWS technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience influencing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in a Software Development Team or working within Agile frameworks
• Experience of working or building with cloud services