System Development Engineer I, Amazon
Amazon · Posted Oct 13
E-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, and digital streaming services
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About the role
Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) builds the systems that host the world's largest e-Commerce products catalog, powering the online buying experience for customers worldwide with massively scaled out distributed systems that process hundreds of millions of updates across billions of products. The Catalog Support and Programs (CSP) team within ASCS is the single point of contact for item-related problems and issues across retail and merchant catalog. This System Development Engineer I role provides service level issue support to ASCS engineering teams, supports software deployment in staging and production, sets up metrics and alarms, drives root cause resolutions, and builds tools to improve operational efficiency.
What you will do
- You handle all incoming system and service tickets with responsibilities covering multiple products, features and services.
- Software deployment support in staging and production environments.
- Given a defined problem, you deliver a solution which is logical, maintainable, that uses appropriate technologies, and is delivered on time.
- You learn current engineering best practices and get their designs, code & procedures reviewed, and incorporate feedback.
- You identify and scope problems and opportunities arising from technical discussions, calculate costs of proposed solutions, and make technical trade-offs.
- You contribute to operational excellence and perform troubleshooting to resolve defects.
- Drive Company Wide Campaigns and keep the Compliance risks (SAS, Shepherd etc.) for ASCS systems under control.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Perl
- Experience with automation, testing, or monitoring framework development
- 1+ years of DevOps or SysOps in a large-scale software development environment experience
- Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance with strong overall debugging skills
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Python scripting language
- Experience on highly concurrent, high throughput systems and knowledge of complex distributed systems
- Knowledge of AWS services
- Experience developing and executing campaigns across a multitude of timezones and languages
- Experience with software development lifecycle, or experience in software development
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Recognized as one of the world's most valuable brands, it operates the largest internet retail marketplace globally alongside its prominent cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Company size
- 1576000+ employees
- Founded
- 1994-07-05
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $8M raised
- 2013-03-22Post Ipo Debt$200M
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Founder and Executive Chair
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Matt Garman
CEO, Amazon Web Services
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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