We are looking for a motivated Systems Development Engineer who has worked extensively in Systems, Security and Data Security/Management. For this position, we require a strong coding skill set, detailed knowledge of software development best practices, and architecture and design. You’ll play a key role in architecting, designing, supporting services on Device OS infrastructure. You’ll use and touch a wide range of technologies and systems, including products that we’ve built from the ground up and existing products. You’ll help junior engineers develop their skills, and continue to raise the bar building for the future of Amazon. You must have a bias towards automation and track record of creating automated solutions, have experience operating distributed systems and diagnosing and resolving complex problems, and pay attention to detail and solve problems at their root.
Key job responsibilities
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
Administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems, cloud administration )
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, Shell scripting.
Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
Experience in the building of information security as a core competency throughout our relationships with our internal teams/partners/vendor; this includes designing the right level of data movements, and providing education and training to the organization
Experience processes/technologies to establish rules to protect data moving across the enterprise.
A day in the life
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.
About the team
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes- Experience with distributed systems at scale
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