Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Athena, Admission Control (AWS)

Amazon; East Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,200 - 223,600; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer for the Athena Admission Control team to design and implement scalable compute orchestration for petabyte-scale analytics. You will collaborate with senior engineers, contribute to distributed systems, and help power analytics workloads with elastic, serverless compute resources.

You will mentor teammates, own critical components, and impact AWS customers worldwide while enjoying competitive compensation and a strong growth trajectory within

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for systems.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered software applications in languages like C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy large-scale, high-performance production systems.
• Deliver distributed software platforms and services with significant bottom-line impact.
• Mentor engineers, perform hands-on work and provide leadership on complex technical issues.

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

OO design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Athena, Admission Control

Job ID: 10460292 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Want to help define the future of serverless compute and make it effortless for customers to run petabyte-scale analytics workloads without managing infrastructure? Come join the Serverless Analytics Compute team in Amazon Athena!

We are building the compute orchestration platform that powers Amazon Athena today — and will power other analytics services tomorrow. Our platform abstracts away the complexity of provisioning, scaling, and managing distributed compute workers so customers get instant, elastic capacity without ever thinking about servers, clusters, or fleet management. We are building to manage millions of compute workers across multiple capacity providers, delivering instant compute for analytics workloads at massive scale.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with senior and principal engineers who are domain experts at AWS. You'll develop deep expertise in areas like distributed systems, serverless compute orchestration, sub‑second worker startup, multi‑tenant resource isolation, and operational excellence at scale. You'll contribute to platform services that underpin some of AWS's highest‑scale analytics offerings. You will enjoy competitive compensation and your contributions in this role will impact customers and businesses around the world.

Key job responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of our most strategic technical projects. You’ll deliver large‑scale, high‑performance production systems, design new software systems of distributed technology, and have a significant bottom‑line impact on our business results. You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers, complete hands‑on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues.

About the team

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered, multi‑threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually

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