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Our team owns services and products that help customers modernize their legacy applications, helping AWS customers move their business-critical workloads from obsolete and old technologies to AWS. Our solutions are made of different products covering different needs: AWS Transform mainframe for refactor (for source code analysis, tests capture, projects follow-up, etc.), Velocity (for source code transformation), CompareTool (for functional equivalence testing), DataMigrator (for data and schema conversion), AWS Transform Reimagine (for assessment and business driven modernization), and many more.\nAWS Transform Mainframe works closely with AWS Professional Service teams as well as external customers and partners who run modernization projects. The AWS Transform Mainframe services have a key role in the cloud adoption of AWS' biggest customers.\nA Software Development Engineer (SDE II) in AWS Transform Mainframe builds highly innovative, secure and scalable features that help AWS customers modernize their business-critical workloads. They take ownership of features and components from design to production, working in a team that is scaling fast with strong market demand on Refactoring projects.\nAn SDE II in AWS Transform Mainframe works on problems that are often ambiguous. They break them into well-scoped tasks and deliver with limited guidance. 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They keep learning new technologies, work closely with customers, partners and peers across teams and time zones, and understand how their work affects the business.\nThey help onboard and mentor newer team members, take part in code and design reviews, and share their knowledge with the team.\nAWS Transform Mainframe is a part of AWS Utility Computing (UC) which provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.\nKey job responsibilities\n- Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software components and features, working in a fast-changing environment with strong cross-team collaboration.\n- Follow the team's development and release processes, including security and compliance requirements, and balance quality against committed deadlines.\n- Troubleshoot and fix technical problems, and contribute to operational activities (on-call, root-cause analysis, permanent fixes) to keep the service stable and performant.\n- Take part in code and design reviews, and make sure your work meets the team's bar for code quality, scalability and operational excellence.\n- Automate development, testing and operations tasks, and propose improvements that use internal tools, new technologies and GenAI.\n- Help onboard and mentor teammates on how the team's software is built and operated.\n- Communicate clearly and on time with peers and management about progress, trade-offs and blockers, and escalate when needed.\nAbout the team\nDiverse Experiences\nAWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.\nWhy AWS?\nAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.\nInclusive Team Culture\nAWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.\nMentorship & Career Growth\nWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.\nWork/Life Balance\nWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.\nBasic qualifications\n- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent\n- Experience in professional, non-internship software development\n- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design\n- Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability and scaling)\nPreferred qualifications\n- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams\n- Experience with the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build, testing and operations\n- Experience with legacy or mainframe technologies (COBOL, PL/I, JCL) or application modernization\nAmazon est un employeur engagé pour l'égalité des chances. Nous sommes convaincus qu'une main d'oeuvre diversifée est essentielle à notre réussite. Nous prenons nos décisions de recrutement en fonction de votre expérience et de vos compétences. Nous apprécions votre envie de découvrir, d'inventer, de simplifier et de construire. La protection de votre vie privée et la sécurité de vos données constituent depuis longtemps une priorité absolue pour Amazon. Veuillez consulter notre Politique de Confidentialité pour en savoir plus sur la façon dont nous collectons, utilisons et traitons les données personnelles de nos candidats.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. 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