Software Development Engineer, AWS

ENGINEERINGUK; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Employer: Amazon

Location: Thames Valley, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Closing date: 11 Apr 2025

Sector: Engineering, Technology

Role: Professional

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

DESCRIPTION

Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the most complex technical problems? Are you excited by the prospect of designing, building and evolving the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) conceives, builds and operates some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet; providing companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS, customers provision compute power, storage, database, and other cloud resources as their business demands them. To meet the growing demand for AWS Services around the globe, we need exceptionally motivated people who are driven by learning and innovation.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

If you join us, you'll be part of a world-class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain world-class experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing, believe that first-class service is critical to customer success, and are committed to improvement.

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for software engineers who use technology to solve problems in collaboration with team members. You may create or have responsibility to improve or invent small tools or components. You will have the ability to take a defined design and turn it into code and deliver it on schedule, using appropriate technologies and seeking input and guidance from senior engineers in the team. You will write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects. You may also be part of an on-call rotation within your team and, in the event of problems, are able to troubleshoot, research the root cause and thoroughly resolve defects.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or experience in software development
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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