Looking for a refreshingly innovative team to work with?
Come join us in Amazon Web Services!
Amazon Web Services is on a path toward a services based architecture. Our flagship product, Amazon Web Service 3.0 can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/104-7283324-9465559?node=3435361
In addition to Amazon Web Services, we are building other exciting services that will enable developers to easily build and be paid for sophisticated scalable applications.
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Senior Software Development Engineer
Interested in working on challenging, exciting, and high-impact Web Services development projects? Join the Amazon.com Web Services (AWS) development team! Our team builds the platform that allows website owners and merchants who sell product on our platform to embed Amazon.com core components and services into their domain offerings using our publicly available XML and SOAP Software Developer Kit (www.amazon.com/webservices. As a senior software developer on the AWS team, you will work independently and with software engineers, program managers, and design team members to create distributed applications and services, front-end API's for developers and website owners to consume, and be responsible for the design and development of various aspects of our web services platform. Documented delivery of your ability to effectively explain technical options and limitations to both technical and non-technical audiences is required. You will be responsible for real-time operational support of the team's functional areas as well as brainstorming features and ideas. You will design and implement scalable, flexible features using C, C++, Java, XSL, PHP, Mason, Perl, HTML, VXML, XML, and other programming and Web technologies. Requirements: All candidates must have UNIX (or LINUX) experience. Candidates will have working knowledge of HTML, Java, scripting languages, Perl, and current trends in Web technology, as well as the desire to learn new technologies. Candidates must be innovative, creative, flexible, self-directed, and understand how to design and write high-performance, reliable, maintainable code. Candidate's ability to quickly adapt to new development environments, changing business requirements and learning new systems is highly desired. A Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant area is highly desired. Experience with other Web technologies like ASP, JSP, SOAP, .Net, and graphics software such as Photoshop is a plus. Experience with large database driven web sites or applications is a plus.
To apply for this position, please send resume, source code samples and URL samples to Jeff Barr.
Software Development Engineer
Did you know that Amazon.com is a leading developer of Web Services? We are passionate about building highly scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed applications and are looking for talented software development engineers to join the Amazon Web Services team. Do you have significant experience building scalable, high-performance systems and applications in C++ or Java on UNIX (preferably Linux) Are you an Object Oriented developer that loves to solve complex problems? Are you passionate about writing great code? (is less, more?) Would you like to play a significant role in creating some of the world's largest, scalable, high-performance fault-tolerant, distributed systems? Do you want to help us to make history? If you can answer these questions with a resounding YES and have what it takes, contact us!
To apply for this position, please send resume, source code samples and URL samples to Jeff Barr.
Software Quality Engineer
The Amazon Web Services team is driving web services technology to new heights, and we need a skilled Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure persistent excellence in our products. Our goals for the near term include major improvements to our applications, so candidates are expected to hit the ground running with experience in multi-tiered applications, optimized to meet the needs of our external developer community. Candidates should be fluent in Perl, have skills in another programming language (Java, C++), and have experience with applications that use XML as their communication protocol. The ideal candidate will possess all those skills, plus experience with XSLT, performance and availability optimization, white/gray/black box testing, and hardware architecture management. We're really looking for a superstar, and would love to meet someone with knowledge of our existing platform offering who wants to improve and expand it for our growing developer community. Familiarity with our latest API a plus.
To apply for this position, please send resume to Jeff Barr.
Web Services Designers
Amazon.com seeks an innovative, customer-focused user interface designer to join the Amazon Web Services team. Your work will have a substantial, immediate impact and will reach tens of thousands of developers and website owners who embed Amazon.com core components and services into their domain offerings using our publicly available XML and SOAP Software Developer Kit (www.amazon.com/webservices.) Focus will be on your ability to innovate and act in internet time. You will be responsible for brainstorming, product development, user interface design, and prototyping. Thus, you must have excellent working knowledge of Illustrator, DreamWeaver, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Experience with XML and XSL is a definite plus! You must be passionate about and have a track record for building compelling customer-facing applications. Successful candidates typically have a B.S. degree and a plethora of ideas for how to satisfy the needs of our different customer profiles.
To apply for this position, please send URL samples to Jeff Barr.
Technical Writer
Amazon.com is looking for an outstanding technical writer for the Web Services group. As a technical writer, you will create and publish technical documentation for our Amazon Web Services platform, including user documentation and reference manuals. Successful past delivery of developer-oriented technical documentation for a programming platform is required. Must have experience writing documentation for APIs, SDKs, components, and tools. Your documentation will be used by software developers using Amazon's Web Services platform. This position requires precise documentation and clear communication and presentation skills, along with a solid understanding of software engineering. The ability to create and document code in Perl, C++, PHP, and Java is required because you must quickly understand the complexity of our systems, create sample applications that demonstrate individual components of the sy! stem, and share this information with others. You must also be familiar with SOAP, XML, XSLT, and HTML. Candidates must have a strong computer science and technical writing background. A bachelor's degree (or higher) in computer science or technical communications with a CS focus (or equivalent) is also required.
To apply for this position, please send resume and writing samples to Jeff Barr.
Technical Product/Program Manager
Interested in creating a business in one of the hottest new technology spaces? As a technical product/program manager, you will have the unique opportunity to shape Amazon.com's Web Services product and strategy. Your broad responsibilities will include identifying, defining, and prioritizing features to build into Amazon.com's core Web Services offering, collecting requirements and writing functional specs, scheduling, planning and managing key software projects, building a product roadmap, and performing supporting business and competitive analyses. The ideal candidate possesses both a technical background that enables them to interact easily with software and web developers and a demonstrated ability to think strategically about product and business issues. The right person will be highly analytical, possess 5-7 years of product and program management experience, have high judgment, be detail-oriented yet able to look at a wide array of choices and identify what truly matters, have strong communication skills, and be calm in the face of fast-moving and hectic environments. Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and Computer Science background highly desired; working knowledge of XML, SOAP, XSLT, WSDL, DTD and UDDI highly desired.
To apply for this position, please send resume to Jeff Barr.
Technical Support Manager
The Amazon Web Services team is looking for a Technical Support Manager to provide leadership, and direct contributions for a growing team supporting external developers who are leveraging Amazon's technology platform. This individual will lead efforts to collect, create, and disseminate information about Amazon Web Services to the external developer community. The AWS Technical Support team will also be responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with critical partners who are using Amazon's technology platform to power their business. Team responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:
Ideal candidates will have working knowledge of Web services technologies (including XML, SOAP, XSLT, and WSDL) and programming languages, team development/management experience in customer service or account management environments, excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to juggle many tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment. A degree in computer science, or equivalent experience, is required.
To apply for this position, please send resume, source code samples and URL samples to Jeff Barr.
Technical Support Representative
The Amazon Web Services team is looking for a Technical Support Representative to provide critical support to external developers who are leveraging Amazon's technology platform. This individual will collect, create, and disseminate information about Amazon Web Services to the external developer community. This individual will also manage and maintain relationships with critical partners who are using Amazon's technology platform to power their business. Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:
Ideal candidates will have working knowledge of Web services technologies (including XML, SOAP, XSLT, and WSDL) and programming languages, experience in account management or customer service, excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to juggle many tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment. A degree in computer science, or equivalent experience, is required.
To apply for this position, please send resume, source code samples and URL samples to Jeff Barr.