Senior Software Engineer: Scalable Kafka & Streaming

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking engineers to help build the future of data streaming with Amazon MSK. You will work across the stack, designing features, improving performance, and shipping code that directly serves customers.

You’ll collaborate with engineers and senior leaders to shape the roadmap, including upstream platform changes for Kafka compatibility. We value curiosity, shipping, and systems thinking in candidates with a passion for large-scale distributed

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design features and ship code that serves customers directly.
• Improve performance and prototype solutions across the stack.
• Collaborate with engineers and leaders to shape the roadmap.
• Mentor teammates and lead design/architecture discussions.

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking engineers to help build the future of data streaming with Amazon MSK. You will work across the stack, designing features, improving performance, and shipping code that directly serves customers.

You’ll collaborate with engineers and senior leaders to shape the roadmap, including upstream platform changes for Kafka compatibility. We value curiosity, shipping, and systems thinking in candidates with a passion for large-scale distributed