- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience 3 years
- Location Western Cape
- City Butterworth
- Job Field Data, Business Analysis and AI  , ICT / Computer 
Software Development Engineer – EC2 at Amazon Web Services
Software Development Engineer – EC2
Key job responsibilities
- On the Managed Fleets team, you will get to build innovative software that lets customers define the shape and size of their fleets and to monitor the health and efficiency of how they are run.
- You will be using technologies like Java, Typescript, React and Python as well as various Native AWS services and Amazon-internal tools.
- We don’t expect you to be an expert in, or know all these technologies listed, but we do expect you to be excited to learn about them.
- As an experienced engineer in this team, you will play a committed role in developing high quality software designs & solutions to our often complex problems.
- This position involves on-call responsibilities.
- This is typically once every 6 weeks.
- We don’t like to be paged unnecessarily and we strive to keep this down and ensure our systems are fault tolerant.
- Our team values work-life balance and respect each others time.
A day in the life
- A successful Software Development Engineer will have good design skills, an excellent ability to solve problems, good communication skills and a desire to be a key technical contributor.
- The software you will be responsible for will require a breadth of technical development knowledge (i.e. distributed systems, synchronous API orchestration, scalability, availability).
- Daily work will involve interacting with engineers, stakeholders and managers.
- We are just starting to scratch the surface of the opportunity in front of us and if this sounds like a place for you; come build with us and have Amazon-scale impact.
About the team
- Our team supports each other in growing both personally and in our careers.
- We drive a high bar for quality via our design and code review processes.
- We also make time for social activities and to have fun at work.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working 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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Amazon Web Services on www.amazon.jobs to apply
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