DNS & Global Cloud Systems Engineer

Amazon; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; 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 Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Route 53 team in Herndon, VA. You will design, build, and operate globally distributed systems that resolve DNS queries with low latency across regions and environments.

You will work across the stack, influence architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers, while collaborating with security and network teams on scalable solutions for customers worldwide.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, low‑latency distributed systems that serve DNS traffic at global scale.
• Build and operate secure, resilient services that protect customer workloads across hybrid cloud and multi‑cloud environments.
• Develop control plane and data plane components, APIs, and integrations with AWS networking and security services.
• Architect solutions that support containerised workloads, microservices, and modern cloud‑native application patterns.
• Contribute to the security posture of the service, including DNS Firewall capabilities, encryption, access controls, and threat mitigation.
• Operate services in a DevOps model with a focus on automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and drive root cause analysis for production issues.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.

Skills

Software development

System architecture

Programming languages

Tools

Kubernetes

Containerization

Distributed systems

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Route 53 team in Herndon, VA. You will design, build, and operate globally distributed systems that resolve DNS queries with low latency across regions and environments.

You will work across the stack, influence architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers, while collaborating with security and network teams on scalable solutions for customers worldwide.