System Development Engineer

Amazon; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is at the forefront of cloud computing innovation. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and be part of a world-class team dedicated to delivering exceptional services. You'll engage in building and managing large-scale systems while solving complex technical challenges. With a dynamic start-up feel, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact in a high-growth environment. If you're passionate about technology and eager to grow your skills, this position is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals and professional software development.
• Experience in designing and architecting systems for reliability and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems and tools for AWS services.
• Solve unique problems to enable internal teams to deliver for customers.

Skills

Systems Engineering Fundamentals

Software Development

Networking

Storage Systems

Operating Systems

C++

C#

Java

Python

Golang

PowerShell

Ruby

Job description

Job ID: 2918104 | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 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.

Top reasons to join our team:

1. Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
2. Define, build, own, and run services in high growth environments
3. Solve unique and first-order problems to enable our internal teams to deliver for our customers
4. Build and operate distributed systems
5. Design and build the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java

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. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.

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