Distributed Systems Engineer – OpenTelemetry (CloudWatch)

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 is hiring for a CloudWatch OpenTelemetry engineer to help build the next generation of observability.

You will design and implement features across distributed query and long-term metrics storage systems, and partner with customers to shape the roadmap and ensure correctness and availability at scale. You will collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and drive improvements across the lifecycle—from design to deployment—while

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience on large-scale systems.
• Experience programming in at least one major language.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test features across distributed query and storage systems using Rust and Java.
• Operate and maintain a 24x7 service for real-time monitoring, alerting, and analysis of metrics.
• Collaborate with customers and peers to influence roadmaps and requirements.
• Contribute to full software lifecycle and mentor teammates.
• Evaluate new tools and approaches and recommend integration paths.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming experience

Time-series familiarity

Tools

S3

Kinesis

DynamoDB

Parquet

PromQL

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is hiring for a CloudWatch OpenTelemetry engineer to help build the next generation of observability.

You will design and implement features across distributed query and long-term metrics storage systems, and partner with customers to shape the roadmap and ensure correctness and availability at scale. You will collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and drive improvements across the lifecycle—from design to deployment—while