Senior SDE: Distributed Systems & Databases at Scale

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

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead and design high-performance distributed systems that power crucial AWS services from S3 to DynamoDB. You will translate roadmaps into executable plans and mentor teammates to elevate engineering quality.

You will partner with Principal Engineers and managers to raise the bar on reliability, latency, and scalability while shaping the team’s technical culture and development practices.

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 as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems.
• Experience debugging, profiling, and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of highly available, low-latency distributed log and database systems that support critical AWS services.
• Own complex and ambiguous technical problems end to end, from framing the problem and defining the approach to driving delivery into production.
• Set technical direction across foundational services, making architecture decisions that balance performance, durability, availability, and operational simplicity.
• Work with partner teams on shared designs and dependencies to ensure successful delivery of team-owned initiatives.
• Mentor and develop engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance, helping raise the bar across the team.
• Advance engineering excellence by improving operational rigor, strengthening development practices, and shaping the team's technical culture.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Design/architecture leadership

Mentor/tech lead

Large-scale systems

Debugging/profiling

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Java

C++

C#

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead and design high-performance distributed systems that power crucial AWS services from S3 to DynamoDB. You will translate roadmaps into executable plans and mentor teammates to elevate engineering quality.

You will partner with Principal Engineers and managers to raise the bar on reliability, latency, and scalability while shaping the team’s technical culture and development practices.