As I come to the end of my second week at Amazon, I realize that I haven’t blogged much about the experience. In part, this is because of the sheer volume of material I’ve been absorbing (“open mouth, insert fire-hose, drink”). It’s been taking place at all levels, from short-term planning meetings for one small engineering team to VP-level breakfast discussions, and everything in between. Architecture, operations, monitoring, infrastructure, computer science, engineering practices… the list goes on. And (of course) the details are all confidential.
But I can talk about one thing I’m doing: interviewing! The Distributed Systems Engineering group is hiring; we have some really interesting opportunities, and we’re getting some very promising candidates. The bar is set really high (in fact there’s an official, HR-blessed role called “Bar Raiser”), and the interviewing process is pretty rigorous. I’m finding it time-consuming, but a lot of fun.
And of course, [shameless advertising] if you’re interested, drop me an email or contact DSE!