Senior SDE: EC2 Control Plane Architect for Air-Gapped Cloud

Amazon Inc.

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 227,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to lead architecture and technical direction for EC2 control-plane services in air-gapped regions.

You will define deployment pipelines, drive cross-team alignment, and mentor engineers as a technical leader responsible for scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. The role requires guiding design choices, shaping tooling strategy, and evaluating AI-enabled automation across the team.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • Experience leading design or architectural efforts for large systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; CSSLP is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Architect and define the technical direction for EC2 control-plane services, fleet health automation, and capacity tooling across air-gapped environments
  • Own end-to-end design of deployment pipelines and orchestration for disconnected regions
  • Influence cross-team roadmaps and align multiple teams on infrastructure goals and data quality
  • Mentor engineers, conduct design/code reviews, and raise the technical bar
  • Evaluate opportunities to apply AI tooling to improve automation and code quality

Skills

Software development
Architecture leadership
Mentor/tech lead
Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
CSSLP Certification

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to lead architecture and technical direction for EC2 control-plane services in air-gapped regions.

You will define deployment pipelines, drive cross-team alignment, and mentor engineers as a technical leader responsible for scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. The role requires guiding design choices, shaping tooling strategy, and evaluating AI-enabled automation across the team.

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