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Software Development Engineers
Amazon Development Centre South Africa is looking for passionate, experienced software
developers to join us and help to solve a challenging set of problems in space packed full of
opportunities. Amazon Web Services
provides Amazon's developer customers with access
to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform,
which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. The Cape Town based
Development Center plays a key role in building the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
is the web service that is pioneering cloud computing by
providing resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It gives any developer complete control of
their computing resources and lets them run on Amazon's proven computing environment. We
are continuing to build the team in order to expand on our feature set and manage our rapidly
increasing scale.
The ideal candidate will be clearly passionate about the large opportunity that Amazon EC2
presents and about web services in general. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering
high quality solutions in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. If you're looking
to solve problems ranging from efficient resource allocation in the face of imperfect information,
building touchless automation to manage millions of machines, or sifting through billion row
databases looking for patterns then drop us a line.
The following will ensure a successful application:
- Strong customer focus
- 1-3 years of industry experience, including internships.
- Linux operating system development
- Experience with Ruby, Perl, Java or C/C++.
- Experience with Linux development.
- Expertise in delivering high-quality, innovative applications
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong analytical skills with excellent problem solving abilities.
- Knowledge of system performance methodologies along with hands on empirical
monitoring
- Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Excellent written communication and verbal agility are strong assets.
Amazon.com offers a demanding,
exciting and rewarding experience, with opportunities to work
with the world's best computer scientists on some of the most interesting problems.
 click here to apply
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