Software Development Engineer, Lambda Runtimes, AWS

Amazon; London; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Lambda Runtimes team. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of serverless computing, where you will design and architect systems that empower developers globally. You will work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and collaboration, ensuring high-quality, fault-tolerant systems. If you are passionate about software development and eager to contribute to groundbreaking projects, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive and grow in your career.

Qualifications

• Experience in professional software development and system design.
• Proficient in at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect new and existing systems for reliability and scaling.
• Collaborate with a diverse team to deliver innovative solutions.

Skills

Software Development

System Design

Programming Languages

Reliability Engineering

Scaling Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Software Development Engineer, Lambda Runtimes, AWS

Job ID: 2954444 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited

AWS Lambda’s goal is nothing less than to simplify and improve the experience of computing in the cloud for every developer on the planet, from start-ups to the largest Fortune 100 companies. Serverless computing is rapidly changing how every company thinks about building and delivering software solutions, and Lambda is leading this industry-wide effort.

Our Team
AWS Lambda is growing its initiatives in Dublin, Ireland, with goals of continuing to define the Serverless revolution. Lambda teams in Dublin are part of the lambda experience charter with a mission to simplify the developer, operator, and administrator tasks in bringing code from desktop development to a production service. If you’re excited by Serverless computing, programming languages, and container/function interaction models, this role is for you. Join us and change how the world computes by enabling new frameworks that allow customers to build better software on top of AWS.

The Language Runtimes team is responsible for the curation, patching, and deprecation of all the six Managed Runtimes that Lambda supports such as Python, NodeJS, Java, Ruby, Go, DotNet in addition to the custom runtime plus the associated lambda container images.

What does it take to succeed in this role?
A roll-up-your-sleeves type. Comfortable working in an environment dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of customers. Able to think about business opportunities, operational issues, and architectural diagrams in the course of a single conversation. Intellectually curious, always looking to learn, and a dedication to turning developers into fans. Someone who makes the team both productive and a fun place to work. Being excited to learn from others while bringing your own novel capabilities and perspectives.

On-Call Responsibility
This position involves on-call responsibilities; every builder on Lambda is also an owner. Nobody likes to get paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are well engineered, fault-tolerant, and meet a high-quality bar before they go into production. Our customers expect nothing less. When we do get paged, we work together as a team to resolve the root cause of the issue, and nobody is left on their own to deal with an operational issue.

What you should expect?
If you’re excited by defining how modern and future software applications are built and want to help lead from the innovative edge, we guarantee that your work in our team will be ground-breaking and challenging. 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.

Together, we’ll deliver the next generation of industry-leading compute features and help every business from the smallest startups to the largest enterprises run their code in the cloud without the burden of infrastructure or scale (that’s our job). We’ll shape not just our own products, but contribute to the direction of AWS and the serverless industry.

Basic Qualifications

1. Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
2. Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
3. Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
2. Experience with the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.

Job location is Dublin, Ireland. Relocation assistance available.