AWS Foundational Data Services team in Santa Clara is looking for Senior Software Dev Engineer to help us define and build the future of Migrations and Licensing services. We deliver high-performance services that help migrate, manage and optimize cost of running workloads on AWS. We are at a tipping point of evolving our services to pre-empt and auto-detect migration issues, make VM migrations configurable and provide insights and intelligence in our Licensing products.

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, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

About 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.

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.

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.

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.


Key job responsibilities
As a Senior SDE, you'll work alongside outstanding engineers, PEs and leaders, building next generation commercial services that enhance our customer's overall experience, design ambiguous features and refactoring projects, be a prolific code reviewer, lead best practices for your team, collaborate with PMT, partners and peers to deliver results. You'll be a team player, mentor teammates, insists on high standards, and hire and develop the best. We work closely with our customers, so you'll have many opportunities to interact with our customers and work back from their needs. You will own and drive technical roadmap for the team.

A day in the life
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're dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and have an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our team members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, design/code reviews. We care about your career growth and long term success as a member in our team.

About the team
A wave of innovation is bringing sweeping changes to Migrations and Licensing space. Virtualization, unimaginable scale, software licensing needs, and Licensing cost efficiency are revolutionizing Foundational Data Services. At AWS, we leverage big data technologies, GenAI and deep analytics software to run one of the largest cloud compute services in the World. We push the boundaries of robustness, fault-tolerance and smart adaptive algorithms that can react intelligently to real-world events. This is your time to make history by building massive-scale distributed software systems. We develop software at every level of the stack from front-end user interfaces, to highly distributed services, to low-level Amazon Machine Image development and everything in between.