Senior Software Engineer - OpenSearch Service

Amazon Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon OpenSearch Service in Santa Clara, CA seeks a Software Development Engineer III to help build a cloud-scale log analytics and search platform. You will design, develop and operate a world-class search service used by AWS customers, with a focus on reliability, performance and scalability.

Expect to work in a fast-paced, startup-style environment, contribute to core open source components, mentor teammates and shape the vision for Search Services in alignment with customer needs.

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 of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support a world-class search platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes.
• Produce bullet-proof code that is robust, efficient and maintainable; our primary languages are Java, Python, and C/C++.
• Work at the core of Opensearch and Apache Lucene open source software with opportunities to contribute to open source.
• Work on challenging problems in areas such as plug-in, data storage, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, machine learning and more.
• Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs.

Skills

Software development

Leadership

Mentorship

Java / Python / C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Java

Python

C/C++

Job description

Amazon OpenSearch Service in Santa Clara, CA seeks a Software Development Engineer III to help build a cloud-scale log analytics and search platform. You will design, develop and operate a world-class search service used by AWS customers, with a focus on reliability, performance and scalability.

Expect to work in a fast-paced, startup-style environment, contribute to core open source components, mentor teammates and shape the vision for Search Services in alignment with customer needs.