Software Development Engineer - Apache Flink Engineer, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, vis

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer to work on the Apache Flink framework within the MSF team.

You will learn and build distributed stream processing engines, writing high-quality, scalable code for a fully managed streaming platform and contributing to open source. You will help customers run SQL or Java applications on real-time streams, ensuring reliability, elasticity, and fault tolerance while collaborating with product teams to design

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 programming with at least one software programming language.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• working on making improvements to the stream processing engine, Apache Flink to make MSF service the defacto service to run stream processing application
• upstream compatibility is a core tenet of MSF service and your changes to improve the engine will be contributed back to open source
• working on improving efficiency and availability of the engine, adding ease of use features and push the envelope of stream processing
• writing quality, reusable code for highly scalable and reliable cloud-based services
• working closely with product and development management to architect the service
• being a champion for operational excellence by Insisting on the Highest Standards
• writing code that continuously improves service reliability and availability

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming language

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Description

Come change the way world processes streaming data

Come change the way world processes streaming data

The Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (MSF) team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to work on Apache Flink framework. We're looking for engineers who can learn and build distributed stream processing engines. If you are a builder who is enthusiastic about data streaming and excited about contributing to open source, this may be the role for you.

Real-time data processing from a stream needs substantial investments from customers in writing the application and maintaining the necessary infrastructure. MSF service provides customers with fully managed stream processing platform leveraging Apache Flink framework where customers can develop their applications using SQL or Java. With the service all that customers need to do is provide the application code that needs to be run containing the business logic to process the stream and service takes care of providing building blocks/abstractions such as processing windows, execution semantics, checkpoints and infrastructure capabilities such as elasticity, fail-over, etc. eliminating complexity of stream processing.

As a Member Of MSF Team You Will Be

• working on making improvements to the stream processing engine, Apache Flink to make MSF service the defacto service to run stream processing application
• upstream compatibility is a core tenet of MSF service and your changes to improve the engine will be contributed back to open source
• working on improving efficiency and availability of the engine, adding ease of use features and push the envelope of stream processing
• writing quality, reusable code for highly scalable and reliable cloud-based services
• working closely with product and development management to architect the service
• being a champion for operational excellence by Insisting on the Highest Standards
• writing code that continuously improves service reliability and availability

To be successful in this role, you should have experience working on large-scale systems, enjoys solving complex software problems, and possesses analytical, design and problem-solving skills. While not necessary having experience with data processing technologies such as Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Storm, Hadoop frameworks is a plus.

Come join us to make stream processing main stream for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

On-Call Responsibility

This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that don’t get paged for the same issue again.

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

About The Team

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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
• 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.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A10458528