Distributed Systems Engineer II — High‑Scale Data Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking an SDE-II to own distributed systems end-to-end, from requirements through production support.

You will work with senior and principal engineers on a tight-knit team, mentoring juniors and raising technical standards. The role focuses on highly available, low-latency systems that power AWS services, with a multi-year roadmap including migrations and durability improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience.
• Experience programming with at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly available, low‑latency distributed log and database systems that process millions of writes per second for AWS's most critical services.
• Own end-to-end delivery of software projects — from requirements through design, implementation, deployment, and production support.
• Drive improvements to security, reliability, durability, and performance across multiple foundational services.
• Lead and contribute to multi-year, cross-team migration and integration efforts with high-profile partner teams.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing sessions.
• Establish and evolve engineering best practices and operational processes for the team.

Skills

Software development

System design

Code reviews

Programming

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking an SDE-II to own distributed systems end-to-end, from requirements through production support.

You will work with senior and principal engineers on a tight-knit team, mentoring juniors and raising technical standards. The role focuses on highly available, low-latency systems that power AWS services, with a multi-year roadmap including migrations and durability improvements.