Senior Cloud-Native SDE & Platform Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to lead design and delivery of cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure.

You will own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and build scalable solutions that transform ProServe delivery and value for customers. The ideal candidate combines technical leadership with a passion for learning and inventing, and can guide projects that span multiple engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Hands on experience with generative AI technology.

Responsibilities

• Own team-level architecture, providing system-wide design guidance and ensuring solutions are well-designed, extensible, performant, and secure.
• Lead projects requiring the work of multiple engineers; drive technical strategy and make one-way-door technical decisions with sound judgment.
• Design and deliver working software systems spanning the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Set and drive adoption of engineering best practices on the team — code organization, clarity, simplicity, error handling, documentation, and operations.
• Solve complex problems with multiple risks and roadblocks using solutions that are as simple as possible; clearly explain problems to others in simple, concise terms.
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term architectural requirements; proactively simplify code and resolve architecture deficiencies.
• Build consensus across the team and related teams when confronted with differing technical viewpoints.
• Actively coach and mentor multiple engineers; grow the team through recruiting, assessing, and providing career guidance.
• Communicate technical designs and decisions effectively in writing for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure your team has strong operational practices: alarms, telemetry, runbooks, and retrospective/COE processes.
• Obtain/maintain AWS Certifications
• Occasional travel to customer sites (~20%)

Skills

Software development

Programming

Architecture leadership

Mentorship

Generative AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to lead design and delivery of cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure.

You will own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and build scalable solutions that transform ProServe delivery and value for customers. The ideal candidate combines technical leadership with a passion for learning and inventing, and can guide projects that span multiple engineers.