Software Engineer - AWS Distributed Storage & Resilient Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA, is seeking engineers to join a foundational distributed storage service used across AWS, influencing S3, DynamoDB, and EC2 Networking. You will design, build, and operate highly available, durable systems with minimal dependencies.

This role emphasizes solving hard distributed-systems challenges, driving architectural decisions, and delivering robust software with strong operational excellence.

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

Responsibilities

• You work with the team to design, build, and operate systems that are secure, available, and performant.
• You solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
• 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 navigating constraints.
• You create maintainable software without over-engineering. You make appropriate trade-offs, re-use where possible, and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
• You focus on operational excellence, understanding how decisions impact operational costs, and take on projects that make software easier to maintain.

Skills

3+ years software development

2+ years design/architecture

Programming experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA, is seeking engineers to join a foundational distributed storage service used across AWS, influencing S3, DynamoDB, and EC2 Networking. You will design, build, and operate highly available, durable systems with minimal dependencies.

This role emphasizes solving hard distributed-systems challenges, driving architectural decisions, and delivering robust software with strong operational excellence.