Software Development Engineer, Open Data Analytics Fundamentals Team (AWS)

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Open Data Analytics Fundamentals team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement automated release services. You will work on distributed systems spanning EMR, Glue, and Athena, ensuring reliability and security across multiple deployment modes.

Responsibilities include building end‑to‑end release pipelines, collaborating with Spark/Hive/Presto engine teams and platform/security teams, and participating in on‑call rotations to maintain high availability and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience (non‑internship).
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling).
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services that automate the build, validation, and distribution of releases across all deployment modes and services.
• Work on distributed systems that are reliable, scalable, and secure, impacting EMR, Glue, and Athena customers.
• Collaborate across teams and participate in on‑call rotations to drive operational excellence for the release pipeline.

Skills

Software development

System design/architecture

Programming experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in CS/Engineering/Math

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer, Open Data Analytics Fundamentals Team

Job ID: 10398526 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Overview

Amazon EMR is a web service that enables customers to run massive clusters with open-source data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Hive, Presto, Hadoop, HBase, and more, while scaling effortlessly as needed. The ODA Fundamentals team owns the end‑to‑end lifecycle of releases across Amazon EMR (EC2, EKS, Serverless), AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena. We build, validate, register, and distribute AMIs and Docker images that power every cluster, manage the Kamino pipeline that packages open‑source frameworks into production‑ready releases, and maintain the entire release automation infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Design and implement services that automate the build, validation, and distribution of releases across all deployment modes and services. Work on distributed systems that must be reliable, scalable, and secure, directly impacting every EMR, Glue, and Athena customer. Contribute to reducing operational toil through automation, improving release velocity, and ensuring services are available in every AWS region.

A day in the life: Work across the full stack—from CDK infrastructure to Java/Python services and operational tooling. Collaborate with engine teams (Spark, Hive, Presto), platform teams (EC2, EKS, Serverless, Glue, Athena), and security teams. Participate in on‑call rotations and drive operational excellence for the release pipeline.

Team

The ODA Fundamentals team is part of Open Data Analytics Engines (ODA‑E) within AWS. Our mission is to make releases fully automated, zero‑touch, and always green. We are currently rebuilding our core infrastructure (Kamino) as a unified serverless architecture.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience (non‑internship)
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling)
• 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 experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

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