Amazon · 5 hours ago
Software Development Engineer, Device Guardians
Hawthorne, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$144K/yr - $194K/yr
3+ years expAmazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Device Guardians team, where you'll build foundational backend services for device management of millions of Ring devices. The role involves designing and implementing high-throughput backend services, building APIs, and ensuring system scalability and reliability.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Design and implement ultra-high-throughput backend services supporting millions of Ring devices with 1M+ TPS capacity and strict uptime requirements
Build extensible APIs and data models that serve as the foundation for Ring's mobile applications and internal service ecosystem
Drive technical excellence and establish engineering best practices
Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems using AWS services, ensuring scalability from thousands to millions of concurrent device operations
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions that enhance customer security and convenience
Lead operational excellence initiatives including monitoring, alerting, and automated testing to maintain our critical service dependencies
Contribute to technical decision-making that influences Ring's device platform architecture and future product capabilities
Qualification
Required
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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Funding
Current Stage
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$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
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CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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