Java Programming, Python Programming, SQL, AWS, Openstack, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, matplotlib
Job summary
The EC2 Placement Team in Cape Town is looking for an Applied Scientist to help us solve some of the most interesting problems in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) space.
Our services match our customers' instance requests to physical servers in our data-centers. This is a multi-dimensional optimization problem with massive customer and business impacts, and an incredible opportunity to work on cutting-edge problems at significant scale, and to build and own novel optimization systems.
Our team is dedicated in supporting new team members with a welcoming inclusive approach. We are a team that strives to grow each other in our careers through mentoring. Our team invent, design and build software that is stable and performant. We write and support code that is easy to understand with solutions that are pragmatic. We do this by keeping a high bar in code reviews that we take seriously. We believe good code reviews raise quality and a mechanism to instill high standards for growth.
We care about career growth. We follow a DevOps model and we try and assign projects and tasks based on what will help each team member develop into a more well rounded engineer that will enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. As an Amazonian, you’ll enjoy interacting with some of the most talented engineers in our industry through breakfast talks and demos, internal communities and extensive training material that span all aspects of our business. Engineers in our teams have a strong sense of ownership and drive to innovate and have resounding impact in how we develop and deliver software at such a large scale.
This position involves on-call responsibilities. This is typically once every 6 weeks. We don’t like to be paged unnecessarily and we strive to keep this down and ensure our systems are fault tolerant. Our team values work-life balance and respect each others time.
We are looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, curious, empathic, motivated and reliable. We are just starting to scratch the surface of the opportunity in front of us and if this sounds like a place for you; come build with us.
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Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. These cloud computing web services provide a variety of basic abstract technical infrastructure and distributed computing building blocks and tools. One of these services is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Canberra ACT, Australia
2-4 year
Sydney NSW, Australia
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
2-4 year
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
2-4 year
Berlin, Germany
2-4 year
Dublin, Ireland
2-4 year
Dublin, Ireland
2-4 year
Dublin, Ireland
2-4 year
Tel Aviv, Israel
2-4 year
Tel Aviv, Israel
2-4 year
Tel Aviv, Israel
2-4 year
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
2-4 year
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2-4 year
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2-4 year
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
2-4 year
Gda?sk, Poland
2-4 year
Bay Area, CA, USA
2-4 year
Cupertino, CA, USA
2-4 year
Arlington, VA, USA
2-4 year
Arlington, VA, USA
2-4 year
Arlington, VA, USA
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
Arlington, VA, USA
2-4 year
Bellevue, WA, USA
4-6 year
Berlin, MD, USA
2-4 year
Bellevue, WA, USA
2-4 year
California, USA
2-4 year
Charlotte, NC, U.S.
2-4 year
Charlotte, NC, USA
2-4 year
Charlotte, NC, USA
2-4 year
Chicago, IL, USA
2-4 year
Chicago, IL, USA
2-4 year
Chicago, IL, USA
2-4 year
Denver, CO, USA
2-4 year
East Palo Alto, CA, USA
2-4 year
Herndon, VA, USA
2-4 year
Irvine, CA, USA
2-4 year
New Jersey, USA
2-4 year
Pasadena, CA, U.S.
2-4 year
Pasadena, CA, USA
2-4 year
Portland, OR, USA
2-4 year
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
2-4 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
2-4 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, Washington, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, Washington, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, Washington, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, Washington, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
Virginia Beach, VA, USA
2-4 year
Washington D.C., DC, USA
2-4 year
East Palo Alto, CA, USA
2-4 year
Florida, USA
2-4 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
2-4 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
London, UK
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
4-6 year
Dallas, TX, USA
2-4 year
London, UK
2-4 year
New York, NY, USA
2-4 year
New York, NY, USA
2-4 year
New York, NY, USA
2-4 year
New York, NY, USA
2-4 year
New York, NY, USA
2-4 year
San Francisco, CA, USA
2-4 year
San Francisco, CA, USA
2-4 year
San Francisco, CA, USA
2-4 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2-4 year
United States
2-4 year
Cupertino, CA, USA
2-4 year
Austin, TX, USA
4-6 year
Vancouver, BC, Canada
10-12 year
Toronto, ON, Canada
8-10 year
Arlington, VA, USA
6-8 year
Herndon, VA, USA
6-8 year
San Francisco, CA, USA
6-8 year
Santa Clara, CA, USA
6-8 year
New York, NY, USA
4-6 year
New Jersey Turnpike, Kearny, NJ, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Ballston, NY, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Cupertino, CA, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Denver, CO, USA; Detroit, MI, USA; East Palo Alto, CA, USA; Herndon, VA, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York, NY, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Portland, OR, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Monica, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Tempe, AZ, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
2-4 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Cupertino, CA, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Detroit, MI, USA; East Palo Alto, CA, USA; Herndon, VA, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Nashville, TN, USA; New York, NY, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Portland, OR, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Monica, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Tempe, AZ, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
2-4 year
Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Herndon, VA, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Detroit, MI, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Nashville, TN, USA; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Tempe, AZ, USA
2-4 year
Chicago, IL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Nashville, TN, USA; New York, NY, USA; Phoenix, AZ, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Chicago, IL, USA; Mono Hot Springs, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D. C., DC, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.,C., DC, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Herndon, VA, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
6-8 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Bellevue, WA, USA
2-4 year
Bellevue, WA, USA; East Palo Alto, CA, USA; Pasadena, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Austin, TX, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Nashville, TN, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
6-8 year
Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Dallas, TX, USA
2-4 year
Austin, TX, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Boston, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Quincy, MA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
2-4 year
Boston, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Quincy, MA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
6-8 year
New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Washington D. C., DC, USA
6-8 year
Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
4-6 year
Arlington, VA, USA; Boston, MA, USA; Jersey City, NJ, USA; Seattle, WA, USA
2-4 year
Boston, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
4-6 year
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
6-8 year