Description

　　Amazon Web Services is looking for software developers to join the Deliverability Engineering team within Amazon Simple Email Service (SES).

　　Within an organization responsible for sending billions of emails, we are the safeguarding force. Our mission is to combat abusive email practices, and are developing and integrating new machine learning-based features and products, such as anti-spam, anti-malware, email security, filtering, and enhanced engagement strategies. Our unwavering goal is to establish ourselves as the industry leaders in delivering emails securely.

　　If you have a passion for data engineering and experience with large scale machine learning problems, join us – we would love to partner with you. You will have a role in building a best in class monitoring system that will allow us to know what a customer is experiencing before they do. You will engage with customers and other technology leaders at Amazon to help translate strategic business needs into features and projects, delivering them timely to the customer's doorstep and creating an impact to our growth story.

　　About Us

　　Inclusive Team Culture

　　Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

　　Work/Life Balance

　　Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

　　Mentorship & Career Growth

　　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. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　This hands-on position requires broad engineering competence and in-depth technical knowledge of service engineering, as well as demonstrated experience of successfully planning, organizing, and conducting software development projects in a dynamic environment. The Software Development Engineer will engage in the following key responsibilities:

　　Design and develop innovative REST APIs, SDKs, and micro-services which process billions of events into metrics and actionable insights

　　Build complex cloud systems that turn machine/deep learning and AI research into safe, compliant email services for our customers

　　Provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development, integration, test, documentation, and support of (mainly Java-based) software

　　Create new features and find innovative ways to improve the performance of the service

　　Instill best practices for software development and documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, and delivering high quality software on tight schedule

　　About the team

　　Amazon SES Deliverability Engineering - A Team with a Remarkable Mission

　　Within an organization responsible for sending billions of emails, we are the safeguarding force. Our mission is to combat abusive email practices, ensuring that the messages we send or receive remain secure and trustworthy. Our dedicated team is at the forefront of innovation, continuously developing and integrating new machine learning-based features and products, such as anti-spam, anti-malware, email security, filtering, and enhanced engagement strategies. Our unwavering goal is to establish ourselves as the industry leaders in delivering emails securely.

　　Although our team is relatively small, our mission is grand in scale. It is essential that every engineer on our team possesses a deep understanding of our customers and the intricacies of email. Together, we embark on an ingenious endeavor to manage our customers' reputations effectively and construct systems capable of swiftly identifying and mitigating any malicious actors. Join us as we shape the future of email deliverability.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　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

　　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

　　Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.