Software Development Engineer, TrafficShift

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II for the TrafficShift team. In this role, you will maintain and develop AWS's foundational networking services, ensuring rapid event mitigation and safe deployment of updates across a global infrastructure. The position demands expertise in distributed systems and a passion for delivering high-performance solutions.

Benefits

Flexible work-life balance

Mentorship and career growth opportunities

Inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
• Experience in designing or architecting new and existing systems.
• Experience with full software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components that ensure network reliability.
• Collaborate with network engineers and stakeholders.
• Participate in architectural discussions and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Software Development

Distributed Systems

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer, TrafficShift

TrafficShift is service within the Global Connectivity and Network Availability organisation. Global Connectivity is the border network that provides secure, highly available, low-cost, and performant connectivity to and from everywhere in the world for AWS; and Network Availability that provides the services that detect, alarm, correlate and mitigate every kind of network impairment to provide availability for the AWS network that is indistinguishable from perfect.

TrafficShift is a networking service that is foundational to the success the AWS network availability engineering. The TrafficShift service enables fast event mitigation and safe deployment configuration updates and operating system upgrades to the global Amazon network.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.


Key job responsibilities
As an SDE II in TrafficShift, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining AWS's foundational networking service that enables rapid event mitigation and safe deployment of configuration updates across Amazon's global network infrastructure.
-You will design and implement significant components and features that ensure network reliability, working within the Global Connectivity and Network Availability organization.
-This role requires strong technical expertise in distributed systems and programming, as you'll be responsible for creating performant, stable, and maintainable solutions that scale across AWS's worldwide infrastructure.
-You will collaborate with network engineers and various stakeholders, participate in architectural discussions, mentor junior team members, and contribute to operational excellence through code reviews, system optimization, and best practices implementation.
-The ideal candidate should be able to make pragmatic technical decisions, balance customer requirements with team needs, and demonstrate strong problem-solving skills while maintaining AWS's high standards for reliability and performance.

A day in the life
Working within TrafficShift team you would expect to:
- design, implement, and deploy software components and features.
- work independently and with your team to deliver high quality software successfully.
- join the oncall rota to support our service during Dublin hours.
- Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
- Learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best.

About the team
About AWS

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence

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