Software Development Engineer - EC2 Pricing & Launch Services, EC2 Pricing Engineering

Amazon; London; On-site; USD 129,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cloud computing is seeking a Software Development Engineer for the EC2 Pricing & Launch Services team in London. This position involves designing and optimizing software solutions, collaborating with developers, and enhancing customer features while participating in the full software lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have a strong foundation in software development, experience in distributed systems, and a passion for innovation.

Benefits

Full range of medical and financial benefits

Equity and sign-on payments depending on position

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with software design and architecture (design patterns, reliability, scaling).
• Full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimize software to run an exchange for computing resources.
• Define web-service APIs to develop new customer features.
• Mentor junior software developers and conduct interviews.

Skills

Software Development

Distributed Systems

Performance Optimization

Web-services

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer - EC2 Pricing & Launch Services, EC2 Pricing Engineering

Are you a software developer who wants to innovate on world’s largest dynamically priced market for computing? Come join the EC2 Pricing & Launch Services team!


The team: Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) enables customers of all sizes to run their applications on our industry leading cloud infrastructure. EC2 Pricing & Launch Services is a team under the EC2 umbrella that helps customers access compute resources at the best possible price based on a commitment to use the service for a specific term.


EC2 Pricing & Launch Services builds & manages the software that enables customers to cost optimize by browsing and committing to use for a term at a lower price than on-demand. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. This team is growing rapidly so we can significantly expand our feature set and increase scale.

You: We’re seeking software developers who are passionate about working on distributed systems architecture, solving synchronization & performance optimization problems. You should be passionate about building cool features for our customers, help innovate around our pricing systems, value operational excellence, and help us grow our market segment share. You should have a good understanding of data consistency and transactions between distributed services. Experience with web-services, especially at large scale, will be helpful, and it won’t hurt if you enjoy relaxing and having lunch out with the team once in a while.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, build and optimize the software to run an exchange for computing resources including pricing models and distribution of risk
- Design, build and optimize the customer facing features that make it easy for customers around the world to select products and use EC2 features in the most cost-effective way
- Define intuitive web-service APIs and use AWS’s native technologies to develop new customer features rapidly
- Empower developers from around the world to build their applications on EC2 compute power (e.g. reduce friction, simplify APIs, add tooling, improve the service architecture)
- Automatically deploy and monitor your service to identify performance issues before our customers do
- Recruit, interview and hire software developers that raise the bar in all areas
- Mentor junior software developers and grow your skills & career

- 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

- 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

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.