Senior SDE: Scale Data Streaming & Open Source Impact

Amazon; 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 is seeking an experienced engineer for the Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team in Seattle. The role involves designing and building features for the AWS MSK service, contributing to APIs and core components that handle millions of transactions per second.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software development experience, proficiency with streaming data technologies such as Apache Kafka, and understanding of distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years designing or architecting new or existing systems at scale.
• Experience leading teams, mentoring, or serving as a tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features for the AWS MSK service.
• Contribute to APIs, workflows, and core components supporting millions of transactions.
• Prototype, implement performance improvements, and test changes.

Skills

Software development

System design

Team leadership

Apache Kafka

Apache Spark

Distributed systems performance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking an experienced engineer for the Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team in Seattle. The role involves designing and building features for the AWS MSK service, contributing to APIs and core components that handle millions of transactions per second.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software development experience, proficiency with streaming data technologies such as Apache Kafka, and understanding of distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.