Software Development Engineer II, Building Connectivity Engineering

AWS Building Connectivity Engineering owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of the internal networks that Amazonians rely on to access their tools and achieve connectivity for internal uses within Data Center environments.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Are you passionate about building and operating one of the largest and most complex networks in the world? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our team in Sydney. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of network infrastructure that powers AWS services globally. You will work alongside talented engineers to solve complex networking challenges at scale, automate operational processes, and drive improvements that enhance the reliability and performance of our network. This is an opportunity to work on advanced network technologies and make a meaningful impact on millions of customers worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop software systems and successfully deliver them to customers, particularly related to automating away the operational overhead, datacenter deployment, and metrics needed to deploy and support large-scale networks.
• Leverage strong knowledge in data path optimization, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, and complexity analysis to implement software features and functionality
• Use best practices to execute across the full development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, test automation, and operations
• Communicate with other technical teams and management to collect requirements, describe software functionality, and build technical designs

A day in the life

During a typical work day you will:

• Join our daily team standup to sync up on current tasks
• Spend uninterrupted time writing code
• Meet with customers and other stakeholders to discuss their needs from our platforms, and help integrate their input into our plan
• Collect metrics and telemetry data to characterize the performance of our platform
• Write up a design proposal of a new feature for collaborative review

About the team

The Building Connectivity Engineering (BCE) organization operates these internal networks, and the Building Connectivity Software Systems (BCSS) team has the role of transforming the way the organization operates - eliminating toil and automating away process snags that improve the velocity and accuracy of the way the network performs on behalf of our partners and customers.