Job: SOFTWARE DEV Intern

Company : AMAZON; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 100,000 - 167,000; Part time

Job summary

AMAZON is offering an internship opportunity in Cape Town where you will be matched to a manager and a mentor. You will contribute to the evolution of Amazon technology and lead mission-critical projects early in your career.

You will collaborate with Amazonians to design, develop, and bring to market innovative software in a distributed, scalable environment, while learning rigorous software development practices in an agile setting.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application
• Although no specific programming language is required – you should be familiar with the syntax of languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Java

C/C++

Python

Job description

As an intern, you will be matched to a manager and a mentor. You will have the opportunity to influence the evolution of Amazon technology and lead mission critical projects early in your career. Your design, code, and raw smarts will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, automation, optimisation , scalability, and security – just to name a few.

Responsibilities

• - Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative products and services
• - Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry
• - Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed
• - Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use
• - Work in an agile environment to deliver high quality software

Qualifications

• -Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application- Although no specific programming language is required – you should be familiar with the syntax of languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python