Amazon Hiring – Software Development Engineer

Job Description:

Developers all over the world rely on AWS purpose-built database, analytics, and ML services that enable them to build data driven applications that serve virtually any use case, from processing millions of transactions per second to querying or training models on petabytes of data for analytics, business intelligence, and machine learning. Our success depends on our world-class technology, and we’re handling massive scale and rapid integration of emerging technologies. We are looking for Software Development Engineers to join and drive our development teams building Amazon’s next generation of services.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work directly with senior and principal engineers to define the architectural roadmap of new and dependent services
• Work closely with senior leadership to develop the long-term business strategy and feature roadmap
• Oversee the design process, implementation schedule, and delivery to customers in a fast-paced environment
• Bring a deep understanding of software development methodologies to the team
• Contribute to Amazon’s intellectual property through patents and/or external publications
• Demonstrate your overall technical competencies and your analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate your ability to manage a service with high availability, and continue to learn and develop the skills needed to lead a service team with the high operational excellence bar expected by AWS

Job Requirements:

• Experience with database systems internals and query execution
• 3+ years of relevant experience building large scale systems and/or managing engineering teams building large scale systems
• Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience delivering performance optimization features
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at large scale
• Detects and mitigates security risks during design and implementation phase, and responds to product security incidents
• Leading or participating in architecture and design review meetings with focus on security, scalability and high availability
• Performs threat analysis and security code reviews to identify potential vulnerabilities
• Experience working with database optimizers, query compilers, or programming languages

Job Details:

Company: Amazon

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA

Application Deadline: N/A