Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead, Cloud Region Services

Amazon Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking experienced Software Development Engineers to support the AWS Region Services initiative. You will help design and manage compute, database, storage, IoT, platform and productivity services, including secure cloud solutions, across AWS regions.

Join a team redefining how AWS designs, builds, and operates regions to enable new cloud infrastructure offerings for customers worldwide. The role emphasizes mentorship, scalable system design, and technical leadership in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead software efforts, by assisting in designing new systems and collaborating with other teams to refine requirements
• Mentor other Engineers
• Design and build reusable, maintainable, and performant software consistent with Amazon standard technologies
• Develop best in class software systems for automating Amazon's network
• Provide technical direction to the team and identify areas of focus
• Deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes
• Deal with ambiguity, make data-driven decisions and juggle cross-organization complexity
• Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues, new standard operating procedures and product documentation.
• Participating in 24/7 on-call rotation to troubleshoot high severity issues

Skills

Software development

Programming experience

System design leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking experienced Software Development Engineers to support the AWS Region Services initiative. You will help design and manage compute, database, storage, IoT, platform and productivity services, including secure cloud solutions, across AWS regions.

Join a team redefining how AWS designs, builds, and operates regions to enable new cloud infrastructure offerings for customers worldwide. The role emphasizes mentorship, scalable system design, and technical leadership in a dynamic,