Software Development Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Support Services Pty Ltd in Australia seeks engineers to join the AWS Professional Services Products and Solutions team. You will design, build, and deliver large-scale cloud solutions and internal tools that empower AWS consultants to deliver faster, smarter, and more impactful customer outcomes.

In this role you will collaborate with product, UX, and leadership to drive architecture, scalability, and reliable operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years in design or architecture of systems.
• Experience programming in at least one language.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery, and implementation of complex, large-scale systems and features.
• Collaborate with cross functional roles (e.g. Product and UX), working backwards from customer needs to design solutions.
• Architect and develop robust, scalable services across end-to-end solutions, spanning multiple platforms (web, mobile, backend).
• Implement and drive best practices in modern software engineering — design, testing, version control, deployment, and operations — including GenAI assistance tools and AI-assisted testing.
• Analyse and optimise system performance, scalability, and reliability with data-driven approaches and monitoring tools.
• Define technical strategies and contribute to the long-term roadmap, including AI integration.
• Lead conversations with senior leadership.
• Mentor and grow engineers, and foster knowledge-sharing across the team.
• Obtain and maintain AWS Certifications.

Skills

Software development

Software architecture

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Description

Come change the way the world uses the Cloud! At AWS Professional Services Products and Solutions, we don't just support cloud transformations — we accelerate them. Our team builds the internal products and tools that empower AWS consultants to deliver faster, smarter, and more impactful customer outcomes. At the heart of our work is a knowledge base that brings quality, consistency, and efficiency to every customer engagement around the globe. If you're driven to build products that scale impact across thousands of customers and reshape how enterprises adopt the cloud, we want you on our team.

Description

Come change the way the world uses the Cloud! At AWS Professional Services Products and Solutions, we don't just support cloud transformations — we accelerate them. Our team builds the internal products and tools that empower AWS consultants to deliver faster, smarter, and more impactful customer outcomes. At the heart of our work is a knowledge base that brings quality, consistency, and efficiency to every customer engagement around the globe. If you're driven to build products that scale impact across thousands of customers and reshape how enterprises adopt the cloud, we want you on our team.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery, and implementation of complex, large-scale systems and features, providing technical guidance and advocating for Amazon's highest engineering standards.
• Collaborate with cross functional roles (e.g. Product and UX), working backwards from customer needs to design solutions that solve real problems.
• Architect and develop robust, scalable, and maintainable services across end-to-end solutions, often spanning multiple platforms (web, mobile, backend)
• Implement and drive best practices in modern software engineering — design, testing, version control, documentation, deployment, and operations — including the adoption of GenAI assistance tools, automated code reviews, and AI-assisted testing.
• Analyse and optimise system performance, scalability, and reliability using data-driven approaches and modern monitoring tools.
• Define technical strategies and contribute to the long-term roadmap, including integration of emerging AI technologies.
• Lead conversations with senior leadership.
• Actively participate in hiring, mentoring, and growing other engineers, and foster knowledge-sharing across the team and the broader organisation.
• Obtain and maintain AWS Certifications.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Acknowledgement Of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE Statement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Company - Amazon Support Services Pty Ltd