Senior Data Streaming Platform Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is hiring engineers for the Amazon MSK team to design and build features for a fully managed streaming service.

You will contribute to APIs, the Kafka core, and stand-alone tools while collaborating with senior leaders on roadmap and architecture. The role emphasizes large-scale system design, open source contributions, and hands-on development with Apache Kafka and related streaming technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years programming in at least one language.
• 5+ years leading design/architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Design and build features for a large-scale AWS service.
• Collaborate with engineers to deliver a high-quality product.
• Contribute to open source and improve Kafka-based platforms.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

System design leadership

Mentorship / tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA is hiring engineers for the Amazon MSK team to design and build features for a fully managed streaming service.

You will contribute to APIs, the Kafka core, and stand-alone tools while collaborating with senior leaders on roadmap and architecture. The role emphasizes large-scale system design, open source contributions, and hands-on development with Apache Kafka and related streaming technologies.