Sys Dev Engineer

Goodreads, an Amazon company and the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations with over 120 million members, is seeking a Sys Dev Engineer to join their Support Engineering team. This role combines development and operations, focusing on providing tier-2 and tier-3 production support for Goodreads' infrastructure.

As a Sys Dev Engineer, you'll work with a dynamic team handling a broad range of technologies that impact the back-end infrastructure and operational capabilities of the large-scale Goodreads community. You'll collaborate with development teams on production operations to deploy new products and manage infrastructure, while solving critical problems for a large suite of software applications and services.

The role involves extensive troubleshooting, diagnosis, and fixing of production software issues, developing tools and automation solutions, and implementing fixes for internally developed code in Java and Ruby on Rails. You'll be responsible for improving operational excellence and system readiness, while working in an environment that directly impacts millions of users.

This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies within Amazon's ecosystem while supporting one of the internet's largest book communities. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, skilled in problem-solving, and capable of streamlining and automating processes. You'll be part of a team that values collaboration, technical excellence, and customer satisfaction.

Working at Amazon's Goodreads team means joining a company that's revolutionizing how people discover and share books, while being backed by Amazon's resources and technology infrastructure. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on a platform that serves millions of book lovers worldwide.