Software Development Engineer II, Secure Connection Services (SCS

AWS Secure Connection Services (SCS) is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our growing team that will be building solutions to complex problems that will scale for Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC). ADC’s bring AWS cloud solutions to a broad range of customers, countries, or organizations. Successful candidates will be able to grasp complex scenarios and find ways to innovate on behalf of the customer to deliver innovative solutions.

At Amazon Web Services, we like to “work backwards”: start by understanding what customers need and using that to guide our software engineering. We’re looking for a software engineer who is experienced in listening to customers, synthesizing their needs, and rapidly iterating our services to quickly put features into customers’ hands. Our best ideas become even better when we get feedback from real customer use.

The sooner we can get that feedback, the more quickly we can grow.

This position requires that the candidate selected must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

• Working with business teams to understand customer issues and to investigate, prototype and deliver new and innovative solutions
• Developing solutions to complex problems through improvements to processes or automation
• Manage and grow innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems, in Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, etc.
• Closely coordinating with engineers and product managers across the organization to ensure we are delivering the highest value solutions to meet our customer’s needs

A day in the life As an SDE, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying scalable solutions. You will collaborate closely with a team of developers to influence our overall strategy and define the team’s roadmap. You will also help drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices that enable a quality product, and help coach and develop junior engineers.

• Challenge themselves and teammates:
  Personal and professional growth is a key component of every day life  right candidate will be willing to take on hard problems and drive innovative automated solutions.
• Have excellent communication and documentation skills:
  Able to communicate design and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences from interns to directors, through clearly documented coding, writing and verbally.
• Have keenness to explore:
  We are not blatant path followers. The right candidate will be comfortable taking a contrarian view point when it makes sense for our customers.
• Be a Proactive thinker:
  Thinking critically about long term growth and scaling to meet a global demand is key. The right candidate will be willing to thoughtfully consider all aspects of choices and outcomes.
• Have patience and persistence:
  Global impact is an iterative process. The right candidate will have an ingrained improvement loop of setting goals based on customer feedback, designing solutions, executing, refining and continuously improving.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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