- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
The AWS Commerce Platform - Billing team is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to join our team in Berlin.
AWS Commerce Platform (CP) provides the back and front-end services that enable AWS service teams to sell and AWS customers to purchase AWS services and understand and manage their infrastructure costs. Because we sit at the nexus of all AWS services and end customers, we work closely across all AWS teams to ensure that we offer a great customer experience.
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer, you will contribute to all aspects of an agile software development lifecycle, including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing and operations. You will push your design and architecture limits by owning all aspects of solutions end-to-end, through full stack software development.
- Help define the system architecture, own and implement specific components, and help shape the overall experience.
- Own and operate the systems that you build, based on real-time customer data and demanding service-level agreements.
- Collaborate closely with UX Designers, Product Managers, and Software Development Engineers on the same team to help define the scope of the product.
- Contribute to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement as a member of an autonomous team.
- Take responsibility for technical problem-solving, creatively meeting product goals, and developing best practices..
A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:
- Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
- Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
- Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.
About the team
AWS Commerce Platform (CP) provides the back- and front-end services that enable AWS Service teams to sell to AWS customers, as well as allowing AWS customers to purchase AWS Services and to understand and manage their infrastructure costs. Because we sit at the nexus of all AWS Services and end-customers, we work closely across all AWS teams to ensure that we offer a great customer experience.
The AWS Pricing Console is the User Interface for the Product Management teams of AWS Services to configure the behavior of AWS Billing for their services. This application is used to configure and launch new AWS Services, as well as manage the life-cycle of the existing services, including launching new features and new regions. It’s also the tool used to define the millions of price points used to bill AWS customers, across every geography, service, and dimension of metered usage. Our team has the responsibility to extend the system to enable AWS service teams to model their business per their unique needs, delivering a delightful experience in the platform within the platform, where the cloud gets built.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
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 & 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.
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.
On-Call Responsibility
As a team we all share on-call responsibilities. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Berlin, BE, DEU
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
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