Software Development Engineer Robotics Cloud Operations, Amazon Robotics Firmware Team

Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and youll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply leading edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers experiences in ways we cant even image yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun.

Job Overview You will create, optimize, and maintain cloud based services that support real-time, robotic and safety systems. You will work closely with hardware and firmware teams as well as customer support and manufacturing to develop services that support existing hardware systems as well as participating in developing new platforms.

Key job responsibilities
Scale and Impact Our team builds solutions that enable efficient operation of the worlds largest robotic and safety systems fleets . In this role, you will challenge yourself to develop simple solutions to complex problems. The solutions you deliver will be high-performing, scalable, and meet the availability expectations of Amazon. You will champion automation, and generate efficiencies in our execution, for us and our customers.
Growth - You will have end-to-end ownership of scoping, design, development, test and deployment of our features across our regions globally. You will be part of a team that values strong intuition, but is data-driven and seeks metrics to challenge our biases. Everything we do is customer-centric, and you will raise the bar for us!
Collaboration - You will also work with a talented and diverse team of software development engineers who are passionate about data and optimization. You will share your knowledge through documentation, design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.

Key job responsibilities
* Design and implement cloud-native architectures to support robot fleet management, telemetry, and remote operations
* Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure as code using CDK/CloudFormation for robotics operations platforms
* Create and optimize cloud-based solutions for real-time robot data processing and analytics
* Implement robust IoT device management and communication systems using AWS IoT Core
* Work with robotics teams to design and implement cloud-based control and monitoring systems
* Participate in on-call rotation to support critical cloud infrastructure
* Mentor team members on cloud architecture best practices and AWS services

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits for you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 2+ years of experience in cloud engineering or systems architecture
- Strong programming experience in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages
- Experience with AWS services, especially IoT Core, Lambda, EC2, and ECS/EKS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or CloudFormation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with autonomous systems or IoT device management
- Knowledge of real-time data processing and streaming architectures
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong background in distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Experience with monitoring tools like CloudWatch, Grafana, or Prometheus
- Familiarity with edge computing and AWS Greengrass
- Experience with large-scale cloud deployments

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