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Amazon · 7 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer, Traffic Engineering

positionSeattle, WA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$180K/yr - $311K/yr
date10+ years exp

Amazon Compute Technologies (ACT) builds innovative managed compute and networking solutions that empower Amazon Software Engineers to build and operate services for Amazon’s customers. As a Principal Engineer, you will take ownership of service mesh architecture for centralized traffic management and drive the development of high-quality, reliable systems that support Amazon's architectural needs.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
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Responsibilities

Take ownership of in-house service mesh architecture for centralized traffic management and SOA policy implementation at Amazon
Build and operate innovative hosted compute platforms that empower Amazon's retail engineers to build architectures for their business solutions that are secure, available, productive, and cost efficient
Create and evolve the abstractions that make developing software at Amazon even more powerful and flexible

Qualification

Service Oriented ArchitectureLarge-scale systems designObject-oriented designData structuresAlgorithms

Required

10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms

Preferred

Experience designing and building large-scale systems in a multi-tiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture)

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
dateFounded in 1994
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://amazon.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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