Amazon Education is chartered with improving the education of students and learners by building services that allow for creation and consumption of new learning methods that expand beyond traditional paper class materials and eBooks. If a possibility to make a positive difference in the lives of many teachers, students, parents and learners sounds energizing to you, then we want you on our team! We are looking for the Sr.Software engineer to help build the services to democratize education. We are seeking that rare combination of solid coding background, an aptitude to apply cutting edge technologies at scale, and a willingness to challenge the status quo and raise the bar on every service and feature we build. The ideal candidate will be passionate about quality, consistency, maintainability, performance, security and all the other things that make great software great. They will own the design and implementation of major deliverables end-to-end. This position requires collaboration with
· 7+ years of industry experience architecting and implementing scalable distributed software services · Expert-level full stack development (both front- and back-end) and operation of a customer-facing cloud-based, production software system · Desire to build our modern, micro service architectures · Expert-level teaming, mentoring and technical leadership · Expert-level written and verbal communication skills · Desire to innovate and shape the future of education and learning · Minimum achievement of a B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field; or equivalent experience (based on 3 years