Senior DNS Platform Engineer & Tech Lead

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a software engineer to help design, build, and operate highly available DNS and routing services for Route 53. You will listen to customers, translate needs into scalable solutions, and iterate quickly based on real usage feedback.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentoring teammates, and delivering robust systems in a fast-paced environment. The team values deep technical problem solving across databases, networking, and distributed systems.

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 (preferred).

Skills

Software development

Mentorship

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a software engineer to help design, build, and operate highly available DNS and routing services for Route 53. You will listen to customers, translate needs into scalable solutions, and iterate quickly based on real usage feedback.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentoring teammates, and delivering robust systems in a fast-paced environment. The team values deep technical problem solving across databases, networking, and distributed systems.