Software Development Engineer Full Time

Do you enjoy watching the latest movies, television shows, or sporting events on your computer, tablet or smartphone? Do you hate waiting for your pages to load or your show to re-buffer? Do you want to contribute to systems that deliver a flawless experience in serving video from the edge? Good – us too.

AWS CloudFront is looking for experienced Software Development Engineers to join our team in beautiful Seattle, WA. We offer comprehensive relocation and benefit packages.

At AWS CloudFront, working on systems with global scale is a daily part of the job. We solve hard problems. We build reliable, scalable, low-cost systems that serve our ever-growing customer base. We are constantly shipping features that drive innovation in the CDN market. We deliver an elegant geo-distributed platform to serve not only video from the edge, but a wide variety of use cases.

We
Are a fast-growing, agile and collaborative group of technologists from diverse backgrounds
Are inventors and owners, building new technologies and improving existing ones
Obsess over our customer’s needs and experience
Enjoy the prototyping and tinkering stages, as well as the rigor of making solutions production-ready
You
Enjoy seeing the impact your work has on real customers
Are comfortable in an agile environment and understand the importance of working/developing iteratively
Enjoy being part of a strong team of technologists and collaborating with them to build BIG things
Take ownership and do what it takes to get the job done
Want to create services at a massive scale used by millions of people
Are naturally curious about how systems operate at scale and think of ways to constantly improve those systems
Learn from others and help grow those in your team to achieve their best

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5 + years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java or C++, including object-oriented design
5+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of distributed, scalable systems
Web services design and implementation experience
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through launch
Thorough understanding of Internet protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP, and UDP
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role