Amazon.com

Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Health AI

Posted on: 30 Jan 2021

Seattle, WA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

The Health AI team is looking for an SDE to join Health AI. Our products include Amazon Comprehend Medical and Amazon HealthLake. You will be involved in the entire product development cycle including customer calls, planning, design, prototyping, launching, and managing operations. Our products that make it easy for Healthcare customers to use Machine Learning to get better outcomes. You will work with a diverse team brought together and motivated by work that improves peoples lives, while being challenged on a daily basis.

Our ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, builds collaborative relationships, moves fast, and is passionate about meaningful work. They will have the technical skills to design and build complex distributed systems that runs at AWS scale. They prefer working on small, focused teams, own their product, and love to pitch in anywhere to get the job done. They lead by example and the team naturally gravitate towards them because of their engineering expertise and decision-making ability. They can communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences and are comfortable pitching new ideas.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

4+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Bachelors degree in computer science (or related field) or equivalent industry experience
7+ years professional experience in software development
Strong fundamentals in core Computer Science areas like Object Oriented Design, Data Structures and Algorithms
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C++, C, Java, or Perl
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Familiarity with Linux

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with Relational and No SQL Databases
Experience with Spring, MVC frameworks, REST/RPC API design and development
Experience with Big-data Analytics
Practical experience writing large scale web applications including architectural decisions, language choices, frameworks and implementation
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.

Amazon.com

Seattle, WA

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.

The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.

In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.

Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.