DynamoDB: Distributed Systems SDE for Scale

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

parential leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a deeply technical software development engineer to work on DynamoDB, a highly scalable key-value/document database.

You will design, implement, and operate distributed services handling petabytes of data, with a focus on durability, availability, and performance. As part of a team, you will translate requirements into architectures, participate in design discussions and code reviews, and help drive reliability and efficiency across the

Qualifications

• 3 years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2 years of non‑internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and optimize highly distributed, large-scale services.
• Translate requirements into detailed architectures and technical plans.
• Collaborate with the engineering team on day-to-day development activities, design discussions, code reviews, and operations.
• Deliver quality engineering work on time and on budget, scale distributed systems, automate operations, and mentor juniors.

Skills

Software development experience

System design/architecture experience

Programming language proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a deeply technical software development engineer to work on DynamoDB, a highly scalable key-value/document database.

You will design, implement, and operate distributed services handling petabytes of data, with a focus on durability, availability, and performance. As part of a team, you will translate requirements into architectures, participate in design discussions and code reviews, and help drive reliability and efficiency across the