OpenSearch Serverless Control Plane Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Amazon benefits

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Bellevue is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and operate components of a large-scale distributed control plane for OpenSearch.

You will tackle failure modes, multi-tenant isolation, and lifecycle management across regions, while simplifying architectures and driving operational excellence. You will work with Java, Rust, Python, and Go, collaborating with senior engineers to translate requirements into concrete deliverables, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate components of a large-scale distributed control plane — reason about failure modes, multi-tenant isolation, and blast-radius before writing code
• Look for opportunities to simplify — consolidate duplicate abstractions, remove dead code, reduce configuration sprawl, and challenge complexity that doesn't earn its keep
• Treat operations as core engineering — own the systems you build end-to-end, participate fully in incident response and RCAs, and drive operational improvements that reduce cost and maintenance burden
• Solve real problems in cluster orchestration, capacity provisioning, lifecycle workflows, multi-tenant infrastructure, query routing, and operational tooling
• Use AI coding assistants and GenAI tools effectively across the software development lifecycle — from design and prototyping through coding, testing, code review, debugging, and operations — applying engineering judgment to validate AI-generated output against Amazon's correctness, security, and operational bar
• Write robust, efficient, and maintainable code in Java, Rust, Python, or Go
• Partner with senior engineers to translate ambiguous requirements into concrete deliverables; prototype, test, and validate
• Continually challenge what exists and explore what should change to better serve customers

Skills

C++

Java

Perl

Object Oriented Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Bellevue is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and operate components of a large-scale distributed control plane for OpenSearch.

You will tackle failure modes, multi-tenant isolation, and lifecycle management across regions, while simplifying architectures and driving operational excellence. You will work with Java, Rust, Python, and Go, collaborating with senior engineers to translate requirements into concrete deliverables, and