SDE II - EC2 Pricing, EC2 Deals Management Console

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle, WA seeks software developers to innovate on EC2 pricing and launch services. You will help design and build distributed systems that optimize compute capacity and pricing, creating customer-friendly features and robust APIs at scale.

You’ll mentor junior engineers, collaborate across teams, and contribute to a culture of inclusion while delivering high-performance services across global customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for large-scale systems
• 2+ years designing and developing large-scale distributed software applications
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
• Experience programming with at least one software language

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimize software to run an exchange for computing resources including pricing models and distribution of risk
• Design, build and optimize customer facing features for cost-effective product selection and EC2 usage
• Define intuitive web-service APIs and develop new customer features rapidly using AWS technologies
• Mentor junior engineers and grow technical capabilities within the team
• Automatically deploy and monitor services to identify performance issues before customers notice
• Recruit and hire software developers to raise the bar across teams
• Collaborate to improve service architecture and developer experience

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Distributed systems

Data consistency

Web services

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

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 EC2 umbrella that helps customers access compute resources at the best possible price based on current available supply and demand. EC2 Pricing & Launch Services builds & manages software that enables dynamic pricing helping customers take advantage of available EC2 capacity in the most cost optimized manner. 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 some cool features for our customers, help innovate around our pricing & bidding 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 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 cutting edge 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

Diversity And Inclusion

We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here. Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. We are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior engineers truly enjoy mentoring more junior engineers and engineers from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth, assigning projects and work based on what will help each team member develop into a well-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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
• 2+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Master'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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Job ID: A10548800