Senior Software Development Engineer, K8s - EKS

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Prescription insurance

Basic life & AD&D insurance

Supplemental life plans

EAP

Mental health support

Medical advice line

Flexible spending accounts

Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Restricted stock units

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior engineer to oversee provisioning, patching, and continuous delivery of Kubernetes control planes in the EKS Cluster Lifecycle team. You will tackle complex design challenges to ensure reliable, scalable cluster creation and maintenance at massive scale.

Applicants should have 5+ years of software development experience, strong system design expertise, and a track record of technical leadership or mentoring across distributed systems and cloud

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional software development experience with a strong background in system design and architecture.
• Proficiency in programming and a proven track record of technical leadership or mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Provision, patch, and ensure continuous delivery of Kubernetes control planes within the EKS Cluster Lifecycle team.
• Solve complex technical challenges to enable reliable cluster creation and maintenance at massive scale.

Skills

Kubernetes

EKS

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

Software architecture

System design

Reliability

Scaling

Continuous delivery

Security patching

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Coding standards

Code reviews

Continuous deployment

Operational excellence

Job description

You will be responsible for the provisioning, patching, and continuous delivery of Kubernetes control planes within the EKS Cluster Lifecycle team. This involves solving complex technical challenges to ensure reliable cluster creation and maintenance at a massive scale.

Requirements: Candidates must have at least 5 years of professional software development experience and a strong background in system design and architecture. Proficiency in programming and a proven track record of technical leadership or mentoring are also required.

Key Skills: Kubernetes, EKS, Distributed systems, Cloud computing, Software architecture, System design, Reliability, Scaling, Continuous delivery, Security patching, Mentoring, Technical leadership, Coding standards, Code reviews, Continuous deployment, Operational excellence

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Prescription insurance
• Basic life & AD&D insurance
• Supplemental life plans
• EAP
• Mental health support
• Medical advice line
• Flexible spending accounts
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Restricted stock units
• Sign-on payments