Software Engineering Leader (Compute Optimizer)

Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: September 18, 2020

Job Description:

Software Engineering Leader (Compute Optimizer) Job ID: 1176838 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon's Compute Cloud (EC2) group is seeking out a Software Engineering Leader to head up a team responsible for developing a set of services that allows our customers to better utilize EC2's infrastructure. Our service utilizes modern methods in machine learning to analyze historical utilization metrics to help customers choose the optimal EC2 Instance types for their workloads. These recommendations are delivered through the AWS console and the AWS CLI.

This leader will own staffing and managing the engineering team, product development, setting the team culture, best practices, planning and delivering status to the leadership.

By applying the knowledge drawn from Amazon’s own experience running diverse workloads in the cloud, Compute Optimizer identifies workload patterns and recommends optimal compute resources. Compute Optimizer analyzes the configuration and resource utilization of your workload to identify dozens of defining characteristics, for example, if a workload is CPU-intensive, or if it exhibits a daily pattern or if a workload accesses local storage frequently.

A successful candidate will bring deep technical software expertise, ability to define and deliver ground breaking services, ability to hire and lead a team and the desire to have an industry wide impact. This leader has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology services in a hyper-growth environment. AWS operates at large-scale and on critical workloads, so a passion and discipline around operational excellence is key. A high level of ownership and accountability is a must.

For more information, please visit https://aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/ .

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS · BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

· 7+ years' experience in system software development and delivery

· 3+ years' experience building, leading, managing and mentoring high-performance engineering teams

· Experience with object-oriented design and implementation (Java, and/or C++), preferably on Linux

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS · MS in Computer Science or related field

· Proven track record in software development activities and life cycles

· Experience with large scale distributed systems

· Strong verbal and written communication skills

· Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

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Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.

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