Job Information
Amazon Sr. Software Development Engineer, Device Farm in Seattle, Washington
Description
Device Farm is building the world's largest cloud of real physical smart devices @AWS. With millions of developers writing apps, AWS Device Farm brings devices closer to the developers by providing them instantaneous remote access to real devices in AWS cloud.
As a Sr. SDE, you will be part of an inter-disciplinary team of Software Development Engineers, Systems Development Engineers and Network Engineers who are building a next generation device cloud to support a rapidly growing variety of device types, form factors, architectures, communication protocols and programming languages.
The underlying systems are complex and there are opportunities to work at all levels from device engineering, to large scale distributed systems. In addition to the technical challenges provided by the innovative use cases that we are working on, you will also learn how to lead a service that meets AWS’s high bar for availability, scalability, and security. This is an incredible opportunity of defining the technical vision of a fast-evolving AWS service, and make significant business impact.
Key job responsibilities
As a Sr. SDE, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of complex systems, with direct responsibility for coding the most complex sections. You will lead others, delegating coding tasks or the design of sub-components to more junior engineers. As an SDE III, mentoring others is considered a key responsibility and marker of success.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Mobile Development (iOS/Android)
Testing Frameworks (i.e. Appium, Selenium)
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.