SDE-II: Lead Distributed Log & DB Systems at Scale

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to design and build highly available, low-latency distributed systems powering AWS services.

You will own end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment and production support, mentoring juniors and raising the team's technical bar. You will work with senior engineers on a tight-knit team, pair programming, design reviews, and cross-team migrations, striving for durability, reliability, and performance at scale in a

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.
• Experience programming with at least one software 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

Programming language

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to design and build highly available, low-latency distributed systems powering AWS services.

You will own end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment and production support, mentoring juniors and raising the team's technical bar. You will work with senior engineers on a tight-knit team, pair programming, design reviews, and cross-team migrations, striving for durability, reliability, and performance at scale in a