Software Development Engineer - Real-Time Data Streaming

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle seeks an experienced Software Development Engineer to help build high-scale, real-time data processing services. You will work with product and program managers to refine requirements, define architecture, and contribute to design reviews and launches.

The role emphasizes delivering reliable, efficient software in a fast-moving cloud environment, collaborating with engineers and customers, and shaping the next generation of streaming services.

Qualifications

• 5+ 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

Responsibilities

• You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices.
• You work with your team to invent, design and build software that is stable and performant.
• You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them (and when it is not). Your solutions are pragmatic.
• You consider the legacy of the code you produce and write code that an SDE unfamiliar with the system can understand.
• You limit the use of short-term workarounds. You do things with the proper level of complexity the first time (or at least minimize incidental complexity).
• You create flexible software without over-engineering. You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
• You are efficient with resource usage (e.g., system hardware, database, memory/CPU, etc.).
• You work on project ideas with customers, stakeholders, and peers.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon in Seattle seeks an experienced Software Development Engineer to help build high-scale, real-time data processing services. You will work with product and program managers to refine requirements, define architecture, and contribute to design reviews and launches.

The role emphasizes delivering reliable, efficient software in a fast-moving cloud environment, collaborating with engineers and customers, and shaping the next generation of streaming services.