SDE II: Systems & Automation for Glacier Fleet

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); 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 Arlington, VA is seeking an SDE II to design, build, and operate NAWS-based services that automate Glacier fleet operations, including firmware deployment, library onboarding, hardware monitoring, and break-fix remediation.

You will write Java/Python/Go, collaborate across teams, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to a large-scale storage infrastructure powering AWS customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate NAWS-based services (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SQS) that automate Glacier fleet operations including firmware deployment, library onboarding, hardware monitoring, and break-fix remediation
• Contribute to automation projects that reduce manual operational toil - including automated offline library remediation, drive blocklisting, stuck job workflows, and automated ticket escalation
• Build and maintain operator tooling and Fleet Commander integrations that enable safe, auditable fleet operations at scale
• Collaborate with hardware vendors (BDT, Quantum), DCO technicians, partner with other S3 Keystone and Glacier teams to design solutions that bridge software and physical hardware
• Participate in on-call rotations, respond to operational events, and drive improvements that reduce future toil
• Write high-quality Java/Python/Go code with infrastructure defined in CDK

Skills

3+ years exp

Java/Python/Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking an SDE II to design, build, and operate NAWS-based services that automate Glacier fleet operations, including firmware deployment, library onboarding, hardware monitoring, and break-fix remediation.

You will write Java/Python/Go, collaborate across teams, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to a large-scale storage infrastructure powering AWS customers.