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Job summary
Does building modern platform services that scale with AWS business appeal to you? Would you like to impact AWS customers around the globe by building innovative platform features? Join us to empower AWS customers to monitor and manage their AWS resources while they are on-the-go! As a Sr Software Dev Engineer for the AWS Console Mobile Platform team, you will lead a high performing engineering team to help deliver critical features on the AWS Console Mobile app. This role is inherently cross-functional - you will work closely with AWS service teams to bring features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for the company.

Our customers host and maintain critical infrastructure on AWS, often requiring on-the-go access to monitor and manage their resources. The Console Mobile Platform team's vision is to help design & scale our infrastructure to support the fast-growing number of AWS services and help our customers stay informed and connected to their resources at all times. We are passionate about building, testing, and releasing scalable, well-designed software. We continuously improve our technical foundation and customer experience. As a lead for the platform team, you will have end-to-end responsibility, from defining requirements to delivering features that enable personalized experiences and recommendations in both iOS and Android platforms. You'll own and lead the ground-shifting impact that your team will make on how customers engage with AWS while on-the-go.

Key job responsibilities
· Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of mobile platform features
· Own the architecture, quality, performance, and operational excellence for your team
· Contribute substantively to innovation on mobile and overcome technology limitations to deliver on customer experience
· Work with other engineering teams to deliver solutions that scale
· Hire and develop highly-motivated engineers

AWS has the most services and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider€“from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, and databases€“to emerging technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, data lakes and analytics, and Internet of Things. Whether its Identity features such as access management and sign on, cryptography, console, builder & developer tools, and even projects like automating all of our contractual billing systems, AWS Platform is always innovating with the customer in mind. The AWS Platform team sustains over 750 million transactions per second.

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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

4+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team

* Bachelor€™s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
* Experience in leading consumer app software development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Master's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
* Strong and creative problem solving abilities
* Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies
* Passion for simplicity and building highly leveraged reusable software platforms, components and APIs
* Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
* 1+ years of experience with modern client side web development technologies with at least one of the following: React, Angular, Polymer, Ember, Meteor, or equivalent.
* Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts

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.