Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AWSGlobalAccelerator

$70–194k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Software Development Engineer, AWS Global Accelerator at Amazon Data Services, Inc.. Skills: Distributed systems, Computer networking, Systems programming. Design new systems. Improve existing systems”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years software development, 2+ years system design, Experience programming at least one language

Nice to Have

Technical background in computer networking, Systems-level programming experience, Knowledge of DPDK, Knowledge of NGINX, Deep analytical skills, Excellent communication skills

What You'll Do.

Improve existing systems

Own technical direction

Solve complex problems

Drive ideas to improve availability

Drive ideas to improve performance

Route packets within service

Develop high quality software

Write maintainable software

Participate in code reviews

Define traffic handling

Design traffic handling

Maintain traffic handling

Define endpoint selection

Design endpoint selection

Maintain endpoint selection

Define DDoS protection

Design DDoS protection

Maintain DDoS protection

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Diverse team; Cross-AWS collaboration; Technical software teams; Networking development teams; AWS customers; AWS service owners

Communication Scope

Excellent communication

Full Job Description

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. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. AWS Global Accelerator is a Software Defined Networking service which improves network performance for a range of products including AAA video games, video streaming platforms, VOIP, Education and technology platforms, and social media applications. Our technology powers features for AWS services such as S3 and AWS VPN. The AWS Global Accelerator data plane team is looking for software engineers to solve challenging, distributed systems and networking problems, deliver new customer features, all while maintaining this Tier-0 global service. Our team builds and maintains a packet processor application which routes and load-balances every single packet ingressed by any AWS edge location. You should be somebody who puts the customers’ needs firsts and has strong interest in computer networking and protocols. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in computer networking and preferably systems-level (e.g. C/C++) programming experience. Knowledge of DPDK and NGINX are a plus! Successf

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