Software Development Engineer, CloudFront

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

Job summary

Amazon's CloudFront Infrastructure Service is hiring a Software Development Engineer to design scalable systems for a global edge platform. You will lead architecture decisions, guide teammates, and contribute production code for critical features and resilience.

Expect to work in a fast-paced, security-conscious environment with high engineering standards, coding across multiple languages, and a focus on reliable, low-latency delivery for trillions of requests daily.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 2+ years in design or architecture of large systems.
• 1+ year of software development engineering experience.
• Experience with multi-tiered, distributed software using C#, C++, Java or Perl.
• 1+ years of OO design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field.
• Experience programming in at least one language.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable CloudFront infrastructure from the ground up or enhance existing systems.
• Drive architectural decisions impacting millions of global users.
• Provide hands-on coaching and knowledge sharing to the team.
• Write production code for critical features and infrastructure improvements.

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Distributed systems

OO design

Programming languages

Education

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

Job description

Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Do you enjoy watching the latest movies, television shows, or sporting events on your computer, tablet or smartphone? Do you hate waiting for your pages to load or your show to re-buffer? Do you want to contribute to systems that deliver a flawless experience in serving video from the edge? Good - us too.

AWS CloudFront is looking for experienced Software Development Engineer to join our team for critical Infrastructure and Customer Observability initiatives!

At AWS CloudFront, working on systems with global scale is a daily part of the job. We solve hard problems. We build reliable, scalable, low-cost systems that serve our ever-growing customer base. We are constantly shipping features that drive innovation in the CDN market. We deliver highly secure platform to serve not only video from the edge, but a wide variety of use cases.

Key job responsibilities

• Design scalable systems from the ground up or enhance existing CloudFront infrastructure, owning the complete technical lifecycle from architecture decisions through implementation and deployment
• Drive technical strategy for initiatives that impact millions of customers globally, making key architectural decisions that shape the future of CloudFront
• Guide team members through complex technical challenges, promoting elegant solutions over complicated ones through hands‑on coaching and knowledge sharing
• Conduct design reviews and share best practices to elevate the team's technical capabilities and maintain high engineering standards
• Identify and implement improvements to CloudFront's security posture and availability, proposing and driving adoption of new technologies and tools
• Lead initiatives that strengthen system resilience, reduce operational burden, and improve customer experience
• Write production code for critical features and infrastructure improvements, actively participating in the development process
• Participate in code reviews to ensure high code quality standards across the team, providing constructive feedback and guidance
• Balance coding responsibilities with architectural guidance, spending significant time in both design and implementation phases
• Directly influence the reliability and performance of one of AWS's largest edge services, serving trillions of requests daily

About the team

CloudFront Infrastructure Service Team's mission is to take the best care of builders to have high availability of CloudFront's connectivity to customers' origins, build and maintain the global infrastructure for our customers using secure, high throughput and cost effective hardware platforms with a responsibility to improve on it.

CloudFront Infrastructure Service Team

1. Is a group of technologists from diverse backgrounds.
2. Obsesses over our customer’s needs and experience.
3. Loves building new innovative technologies and improving our existing ones.
4. Wears multiple hats. We enjoy the prototyping and tinkering stages, as well as the rigor of making solutions production-ready.

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 software development engineer or related occupational 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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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