Software Dev II: Glacier Fleet Automation

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Virginia, Arlington, seeks an experienced SDE II to design, build, and operate NAWS-based services that automate Glacier fleet operations, including firmware deployment and hardware monitoring. You will work across software and hardware, contributing to automation that reduces toil and improves reliability.

You’ll write high‑quality Java, Python, or Go code and participate in on‑call rotations, influencing tooling and workflows for a global storage fleet.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate NAWS-based services (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SQS) that automate Glacier fleet operations including firmware deployment, library onboarding, hardware monitoring, and break-fix remediation
• Contribute to automation projects that reduce manual operational toil — including automated offline library remediation, drive blocklisting, stuck job workflows, and automated ticket escalation
• Build and maintain operator tooling and Fleet Commander integrations that enable safe, auditable fleet operations at scale
• Collaborate with hardware vendors (BDT, Quantum), DCO technicians, partner with other S3 Keystone and Glacier teams to design solutions that bridge software and physical hardware
• Participate in on‑call rotations, respond to operational events, and drive improvements that reduce future toil
• Write high‑quality Java/Python/Go code with infrastructure defined in CDK

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Job description

Amazon in Virginia, Arlington, seeks an experienced SDE II to design, build, and operate NAWS-based services that automate Glacier fleet operations, including firmware deployment and hardware monitoring. You will work across software and hardware, contributing to automation that reduces toil and improves reliability.

You’ll write high‑quality Java, Python, or Go code and participate in on‑call rotations, influencing tooling and workflows for a global storage fleet.