Software Development Engineer, S3 Keystone

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is the storage for the Internet. Through the use of pioneering techniques in distributed computing, customers are able to durably store their data on Amazon's proven computing infrastructure to achieve virtually limitless storage capacity at minimal cost. Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives customers access to the same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to our customers.

Our team is passionate about the incredible opportunity that Amazon S3 presents and about distributed systems in general. You will have the opportunity to deliver high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment delivering impactful goals. You will be able to utilize your experience in building, managing, and mentoring engineering teams, while building, operating or using web-based services.

We are an organization focused on designing, building and supporting critical services. Our team works to focus on current and future operational health while iterating quickly in an exciting and hugely impactful space, giving the opportunity to work with experienced Amazonians across AWS. Our leaders are focused on providing a supportive, inclusive environment with excellent opportunities for growth.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, implementation, deployment and maintenance of innovative software solutions to transform service performance, availability, cost, and security
• Use scalable frameworks and software engineering best practices to ensure the standard of quality of all team deliverables
• Write high quality distributed system software
• Work in an agile development environment, where you are always working on the top priority
• Mentor junior software development engineers

A day in the life

A Software Development Engineer in this role will be responsible for designing features and components, upholding best practices and quality standards, delivering high quality engineering solutions and code. You will work daily with other engineers and leadership, across S3 and our partners in other AWS organizations to prioritize the right solutions for the long-term success of S3 and AWS storage health. You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to developing and delivering multi-year organizational roadmaps focused on the technical and customer solutions necessary to support our ongoing customer growth and platform diversity.

About the team

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