Description

　　Would you like to be an Engineer that builds the Cloud, rather than an Engineer that just uses it? At AWS, our Engineers look after the behind-the-scenes software and tools that make the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure possible.

　　We have an amazing opportunity for you to join a world-class network team in a dynamic environment that has the feel of a start-up. As a Platform Engineer you will help to deploy, manage, fix and reinvent the tools, services and components that network engineering rely on to automate our network and keep it operational. Your internal customers are your network engineer colleagues, and through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers and grow through learning and innovation.

　　If you are exceptionally motivated and passionate about the work you do then we welcome you to join us, working in an Agile environment with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality.

　　What you’ll be working on:

　　Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers

　　Managing and growing innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems for our network

　　Investigating technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing them so they don't come back

　　Providing technical solutions to real business problems in a global organization

　　Top reasons to join our team:

　　Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly

　　Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment

　　Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services

　　Learning from industry recognized Amazon distinguished engineers

　　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. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and detailed and constructive code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

　　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 we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

　　Work/Life Harmony

　　Our team also puts a high value on work-life harmony. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　A Platform Engineer is responsible for maintaining their teams’ services, requiring them to troubleshoot and identify the root causes of any issues that arise within their systems and any subcomponents. A Platform Engineer will utilise testing, monitoring, and validations on their services, tools, and infrastructure to ensure their teams can continuously deploy new versions of the services with minimal interruption. A Platform Engineer will identify areas to invent, refine, and develop automation and tools to reduce manual operations and fulfil the requirements of the business and their customers.

　　About the team

　　The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that builds, operates, monitors and assures the AWS network within a region.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　London, GBR | Thames Valley, POST-BER, GBR

　　Basic Qualifications

　　2+ years of professional software development experience

　　1+ year of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

　　3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, *nix operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience

　　Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (host networking, storage, *nix operating systems)

　　Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, C++, C#, Java, Golang, Ruby

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Experience with Python (preferred)

　　Experience with structured coding techniques, CI/CD pipelines build processes, Git, code reviews, unit testing

　　Experience of designing, developing or operating cloud services running on AWS

　　Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

　　Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).