AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, Inter Datacenter Network Engineering
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Inter Datacenter Network Engineering in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Generative AI, network engineering and distributed systems.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 21,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
AI in this role
Build intelligent network controllers and optimization algorithms for Amazon's global network.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and build components of intelligent network controllers, working with senior and principal engineers to align on system architecture and tradeoffs around scalability, performance, and security.
- Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented code across major portions of the team's systems, ensuring it can be extended by engineers who are not yet familiar with the codebase.
- Participate actively in operational support for the controllers, identifying root causes of issues and driving permanent fixes while continuously improving the team's operational processes.
- Mentor other engineers through code reviews and design discussions, raising the overall quality bar and helping teammates grow their skills.
- Evaluate new tools, approaches, and generative artificial intelligence capabilities to improve productivity, code quality, and the algorithms that power traffic optimization.
A day in the life
You might start by reviewing a design proposal from a teammate, offering feedback that sharpens the approach before code is written. Later you could be prototyping a new optimization algorithm alongside a scientist, then writing the distributed service that puts it into production. When an operational issue surfaces, you will dig into metrics with network engineers to find the root cause and ship a permanent fix. Throughout the day you will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary group of software engineers, scientists, and network engineers who all contribute to how traffic flows across Amazon's network.
About the team
Our team builds the intelligent traffic-engineering systems that shape how data moves across Amazon's global network. We are a cross-disciplinary group of software engineers, scientists, and network engineers, and we value an inclusive culture where every perspective strengthens our solutions. Right now we are investing in the next generation of intelligent traffic engineering, and this role will be central to that effort. If you want to solve optimization and large-scale distributed-systems problems that have real, measurable impact on network performance worldwide, this is the team to join.
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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Engineer, Inter Datacenter Network Engineering at Amazon rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- $144k
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where network engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where optimization was part of your work. What did you do?
- What's a project where you used Generative AI hands-on?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Network Engineering, Distributed Systems, Optimization, and Generative AI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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