Amazon

Software Development Engineer - Big Data, AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR)

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of professional software development experience (non-internship)
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, C++, C#)
  • 1+ years of experience in system architecture and design
  • Familiarity with design patterns, reliability, and scaling
  • Knowledge of Big Data applications like Spark and Presto (preferred)
  • Experience with container platforms such as Docker (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Design and build next-generation technologies for large-scale data processing
  • Solve complex problems in distributed systems and query engines
  • Translate complex functional and technical requirements into architecture designs
  • Deliver high-quality systems and features on schedule
  • Own the end-to-end software development process including collaboration with engineers and product managers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  • Access to mental health support and EAP services
Full Job Description
Key job responsibilities

You will work backwards from the customer needs and you will get to do everything from designing and building large scale systems and features for the savviest customers in the business. You will have a chance to work with the open source community and contribute significant portions its software to open source projects including Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Presto and HBase. You need to not only be a top software developer with excellent programming skills, an understanding of distributed systems and parallel data processing, and a stellar record of delivery but also excel at leadership and customer obsession and have a real passion for massive-scale computing. If you want to truly test your mettle against the hardest challenges in distributed systems to build solutions for large scale problems in a wide variety of domains, come join our group. Your responsibilities will include:

- Designing and building the next-generation technologies that will make EMR the best environment to run large-scale data processing workloads.

- Working on complex problems in distributed systems and query engines.

- Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.

- Deliver systems and features with top-notch quality, on time.

- Own the software development process end-to-end, including: working with engineers and product managers to develop requirements; designing, architecting, planning, implementing, and testing new systems and features; deploying, and operating the production EMR systems.

About the team

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

- 1+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of Big Data application such as Spark and Presto

- Knowledge of Container Platforms such as Docker and related technologies

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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