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Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA
Source: Amazon careers · View original posting
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Are you excited about building cloud desktop experiences used by organizations worldwide? Amazon WorkSpaces delivers fully managed Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions from the AWS Cloud, enabling customers to provision secure, high-quality cloud desktops accessible from any device. Our team tackles complex distributed systems challenges to bring a native desktop experience to modern form factors while making provisioning and management simple and cost-effective for IT administrators.
As a Software Development Engineer on the WorkSpaces team, you will own features end-to-end, from design through development, testing, deployment, and operations. You will work closely with senior technical leaders within the team and across AWS, contributing to platform services, system-level components, and the layers in between. If you enjoy solving meaningful technical problems in scalable systems and care about the real-world impact your software has on customers, this is the role for you.
Key job responsibilities
Design, implement, test, and deploy software features across the full development lifecycle for Amazon WorkSpaces, producing high-quality, maintainable code that others on the team can extend.
Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners across AWS to define technical solutions that address customer needs and align with long-term architectural strategy.
Identify root causes of operational issues and drive permanent fixes that continuously improve system reliability and performance.
Coach other engineers through code reviews and design discussions, sharing knowledge that raises the technical bar across the team.
Evaluate new technologies and approaches, recommending adoption where appropriate to improve scalability, security, or developer productivity within the WorkSpaces platform.
The AWS WorkSpaces team builds and operates Amazon's cloud desktop platform, serving IT administrators and end users who need secure, scalable virtual desktops across devices. We are a group of engineers, product managers, and operations specialists who collaborate closely to ship features that simplify desktop provisioning and management at scale.
Our inclusive team culture values continuous learning and thoughtful experimentation, and you will play a direct role in expanding our platform capabilities and improving the customer experience.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
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