Application deadline: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis
What you will do: You will be a member of the HWEng Storage Systems team and will interact with engineers across the company to lead the development of AWS storage servers and devices. Key Responsibilities for this position include building and maintaining software services for data pipeline analytics, health dispositions and remediations, qualification, validation and testings.
Key job responsibilities
You will manage and own HDD systems in Amazon. You will create and utilize data analytics to monitor the health of hard drives and then deploy software solutions to improve. This includes OS level changes, automated testing, data analysis, operational dashboard generation, and new NPIs.
Problem solving is critical to this role. Given the size of the fleet a 1% occurrence happens millions of times. Can you figure out what happened and how to prevent it?
About the team
The team owns all of the HDD hard drives and associated servers in AWS. We constantly introduce new technology, software, and analytics to scale the fleet. Given the size of the fleet nothing can be done one off, and thus we focus on algorithmic solutions to each issue.
The vast majority of the team is on site in downtown Denver, however we also have people in Cupertino Ca and Seattle Washington.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
- 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
- 4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
- Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 1+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
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, CA, SAN JOSE - 173,900.00 - 235,200.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Jose - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Jose - 173,900.00 - 235,200.00 USD annually
USA, CO, Denver - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually