Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Support Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be a technical leader within the organization, influencing technical strategy while setting standards for the organization and other support engineers. You'll drive complex technical solutions across teams and play a key role in shaping the organization's support capabilities and operational excellence strategy.
Key job responsibilities
- Serve as a technical leader within the organization, setting standards and best practices.
- Lead and drive resolution of highly complex production issues.
- Influence organizational technical decisions.
- Partner with leadership to guide career growth of team members.
- Lead support retrospectives and author Corrections of Error (COEs).
- Drive systematic improvements to product/system performance and availability.
- Proactively identify and execute opportunities to improve operations.
- Detect trends and define proactive solutions before problems occur.
- Influence design decisions.
- Break down complex problems into actionable solutions that can be worked in parallel.
- Author and review technical documentation.
A day in the life
- Reviewing overnight incident reports and addressing any critical issues that occurred during off-hours.
- Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on troubleshooting.
- Analyze system metrics to identify potential bottlenecks and improvements.
- Lead a support retrospective from a recent LSE.
- Collaborate with product managers on upcoming feature releases and their potential impact on system stability.
- Author a Correction of Error (COE).
- Participate in a design review for a new microservice architecture solution.
- Conduct a technical deep dive with your team.
- Updating your project status report and planning tomorrow's priorities, including preparation for an upcoming presentation to senior leadership on support process improvements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of software development, or 4+ years of technical support experience
- Experience scripting in modern program languages
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience in agile/scrum or related collaborative workflow
- Experience troubleshooting and documenting findings
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of distributed applications/enterprise applications
- Experience with Point of Sale (POS) Systems
- Experience with Payments Systems
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $182,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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