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The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) Tech team, part of Finance Automation, develops services, products, and tools to enable Amazons corporate real estate team to build and operate the companys global facilities in more than 60 countries, which is the largest corporate real estate footprint in the world. We develop building systems that deliver a seamless, adaptive, and creative workspace experience to more than half a million employees. Our mission is to create technology that simplifies the processes Amazon employs to manage its corporate real estate. Our teams build services and products that support various GREF domains, including space and occupancy planning, design and construction, employee health and safety, sustainability, and building management systems requiring IoT expertise. If you possess the skills to build, operate, and scale the next generation of distributed systems supporting Amazons growth, this role may be well-suited for you.
This role requires working with stakeholders, engineering teams and product management to define business strategy, requirements, design, build, and delivery while ensuring security. This position involves regular communication with senior management on progress, risks and change control. The ideal candidate is a demonstrated technical expertise with superior development and solutions design abilities across a global product base. This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills. The ideal candidate is not just an excellent developer but capable of identifying right design approach and drives to get things done. At the core of the position is software/service development, and Agile delivery. Ideal candidates have experience with writing detailed design document, understanding security guardrails, handling both tech & non-tech stakeholders with excellent communication. Ideal candidates thrive in a rapidly advancing delivery-focused and culturally diverse environment. Ideal candidates have knowledge of the following: service-oriented architecture, distributed software, problem solving, build processes, project management and release models. The ideal candidate will have work experience in Systems Development in a software applications environment. A day in the life Interface with a diverse customer base to understand requirements, priorities, and processes. Monitor and maintain systems performance & capacity planning using metrics. Work on expansions of current applications to support new launches Work on identifying and addressing risks to hardware and software while helping maintain application and systems health. Work on customer issues to identify problems and develop solutions to avoid recurrence by addressing root causes. Build and rollout systems to multiple global regions for Finance customers Create processes and systems that can be leveraged to help drive efficiencies and quality Propose and implement new projects or recommend system improvements ensuring security standard which enable Finance Operations business Create and update our infrastructure and security standards and ensure that the systems adheres these standards Work with a wide range of technologies and technical document writing. Excellent listening, writing and technical communication skills are essential for interaction with senior management on status, risks and emergent issues with project, initiatives and support. About the team The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) Tech team, part of Finance Automation, develops services, products, and tools to enable Amazons corporate real estate team to build and operate the companys global facilities in more than 60 countries, which is the largest corporate real estate footprint in the world. We develop building systems that deliver a seamless, adaptive, and creative workspace experience to more than half a million employees. Our mission is to create technology that simplifies the processes Amazon employs to manage its corporate real estate. Our teams build services and products that support various GREF domains, including space and occupancy planning, design and construction, employee health and safety, sustainability, and building management systems requiring IoT expertise. If you possess the skills to build, operate, and scale the next generation of distributed systems supporting Amazons growth, this role may be well-suited for you. This role requires working with stakeholders, engineering teams and product management to define business strategy, requirements, design, build, and delivery while ensuring security. This position involves regular communication with senior management on progress, risks and change control. Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby 4+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems Experience with networking fundamentals including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc. Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
