Job opening - Software Development Engineer-AWS-CloudFront-Route 53 at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

Amazon CloudFront is a web service which allows publishers to use the worldwide CloudFront content delivery network (CDN) to deliver static and streaming content.

Since November 2008, when CloudFront launched, we have been working hard adding new features, improving availability and scaling our systems. In that time, we've had a big impact on the CDN space, attracting some major customers and filling a gap in the market. As an Amazon Web Service, we believe in simple, reliable, and low cost systems which serve our customers needs. We plan to expand our services, our reach, and increase benefits to our customers and we need your help to get there.

Why you would want to work for CloudFront:

We are a small, lean, tight-knit team that is defining the future of CDNs.
We write software that has a large impact. In the time that you read this sentence CloudFront will have handled hundreds of thousands of requests.
We ship software. ! Since launching we've shipped FMS support, user access logs, private content, 3rd party origin support, live streaming, as well as numerous frontend and backend improvements to our software. We've got more innovative features in the pipeline that we're looking forward to releasing.
We enable our engineers as first class service owners. As a developer on CloudFront you will have input into product direction, technical design and implementation, and operational decisions.
We own and operate a world class CDN in 20+ locations worldwide and are quickly growing it to be a huge business.

Amazon CloudFront is looking for a software engineer to join our team. As mentioned above our projects include massively scaleable distributed systems that provide inexpensive, reliable, global distribution. This is an opportunity to join a world class team that is at the forefront of creating the next major computing platform. As a member of AWS you will help create a system th! at will set the pattern for a generations to come.

You should be somebody who enjoys working on systems software, is customer- centric, and feels strongly not only about building good software but also about running that software in the real world. You must enjoy a close-knit team environment of shared responsibility. The ideal candidate will have strong distributed systems and web services design and implementation experience. You should have a thorough understanding of Internet protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP and experience implementing servers using Java in a Linux/Unix environment.

** For more information on Amazon Web Services, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront **

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