Software Development Engineer Intern, AWS Thinkbox

at  Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC

• Currently working towards a Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or related fields, with an expected conferral date between December 2024 and September 2026
• Programming experience with Go, Rust, Python, C or C++
• Internship, project, or academic experience in at least one of the areas: web app development, database internals, job scheduling, resource management, file systems, search, or performance engineering
  Do you want to build software that empowers artists to create amazing animated content? Do you want to transform an entire market segment? Do you like working in a team with a rich diversity of backgrounds?
  AWS is excited to share that we’re building a new service from the ground up for the Media & Entertainment industry.
  Check out what our customers can create with our tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3RcULV-DI
  This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology powering analytical workloads for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. You will bring deep technical, algorithmic and coding expertise with the ability to work within a fast moving and collaborative environment in the industry leading cloud company to deliver a broad business impact. If this sounds exciting to you - come build the future with us!

Key job responsibilities

• Design, implement and deliver state-of-the-art distributed, high-performance data and transaction management processing algorithms and solutions.
• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault tolerant system running in the cloud.

About the team
AWS Thinkbox creates products and solutions for creative professionals whether they are working on-premises, hybrid, or completely in the cloud. Originating from a small tech company in Winnipeg, we retain our focus on building services for the Media & Entertainment industry.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-live balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship Opportunities
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Winnipeg, MB, CAN

• Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Ability to break down a difficult software problem and troubleshoot to the root cause
• Coursework or experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Coursework or experience securing APIs (authentication, rate limiting, etc.)
• Coursework or knowledge of distributed computing

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter

• Design, implement and deliver state-of-the-art distributed, high-performance data and transaction management processing algorithms and solutions.
• Deploy and monitor new features in a highly available and fault tolerant system running in the cloud