Software Development Engineer II, AWS AppStream .

DESCRIPTION

AWS Applications and Higher Level Abstractions (Apps) provides horizontal and industry vertical applications for business users with the same on-demand scalability, reliability, pay-as-you-go pricing, and machine learning expertise that drive AWS services. The AWS Applications group includes services such as Amazon Connect (a cost-effective cloud contact center), our End User Computing (including Amazon Workspaces, AppStream, etc.), Marketing Tech (Amazon Pinpoint), and Autonomous Checkout and Biometric Identity Services (Just Walk Out, Amazon One) for retail, sports, travel, and other verticals. Do you want to design, build and operate services that are used by millions of customers every day? Are you passionate about architecting highly available and large-scale services? If the answer is yes, the Appstream 2.0 team wants to talk with you. AppStream is a rapidly-growing service that offers customers incredibly scalable and robust application and virtual desktop streaming. We have a number of new exciting features to launch in the next year next year and are looking for talented and motivated engineers to join the team. AppStream 2.0 is an AWS End User Computing (EUC) service that enables SaaS application streaming or delivery of virtual desktops. We are growing at an incredible pace with a rapid increase in adoption and usage. As a result, we offer a unique opportunity to solve some of the most interesting problems associated with providing secure, reliable, fast and highly scalable solutions. You will get to build on top of AWS utilizing industry-leading patters on EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, APIGateway, etc. We strive to deliver innovating solutions and features that enable millions of concurrent streams, snappy click to app stream start, faster than human perception end to end streaming latency, lowest possible cost per streaming session, secure and isolated streams for best compute and graphics utilization, high fidelity graphics, broad server OS selection as well as client OS footprint. We are looking for people who believe in providing world-class application streaming experience for AWS Enterprise and ISV customers. Key job responsibilities
- Design, Develop, Deliver and Operate secure, reliable and scalable solutions for customer features as well as internal operational improvements.
- Maintain high standard by delivering high quality in your own work as well as and push for a high bar in code, design and other document reviews for the team.
- Work across team boundaries and help deliver on team projects by showing high bar of ownership, earn trust and deliver results.
- Develop a deep understanding of the system as well as the overall service, understand core customer usage patterns and workflows. Be part of the team's oncall rotation and help in directly engaging with customers and stakeholders and drive ticket and issue resolution.
- Demonstrate customer obsession in your work (design, implementation, testing, deployments, operations).
- Develop your communication skills and leverage written and verbal communication to earn trust and drive consensus and required outcomes while collaborating with team mates and across team-boundaries.
- Be closely engaged in team meetings and processes and help continuously identify and drive improvements for the team's efficiency and effectiveness.
- Be a mentor and role model for junior engineers by exemplifying and re-inforcing the Amazon's LPs every day. About the team
This team is a great fit for you if:
- You enjoy working with a fun team that prides itself on a great work environment with an inclusive group of people that are working together towards a common goal.
- You like to be part of a collaborative environment where the team supports each other and you have access to mentors and senior engineers for guidance
- You want to have fun; surround yourself with a highly talented pool of engineers that like to solve complex problems, but also enjoy work life balance. ABOUT AWS: Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS
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. Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Bellevue, WA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language