Software Engineer II — EBS Placement (Distributed Systems)

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

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking engineers for the Elastic Block Store (EBS) Placement team. You will help optimize how millions of storage volumes are placed across AWS infrastructure, balancing performance, availability, durability, and cost.

Expect to tackle real-time decisions and large-scale data analysis for many customers. You will work on complex distributed systems, contribute to novel placement algorithms, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver scalable, reliable storage

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for large systems.
• Experience with at least one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and update placement decision engine for new features.
• Dive into data to measure the impact of changes.
• Reason about infrastructure, workload patterns, and optimization objectives.
• Review proposals and code from peers and partner teams.

Skills

3+ years of professional software

2+ years design/architecture

Proficient in at least one programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking engineers for the Elastic Block Store (EBS) Placement team. You will help optimize how millions of storage volumes are placed across AWS infrastructure, balancing performance, availability, durability, and cost.

Expect to tackle real-time decisions and large-scale data analysis for many customers. You will work on complex distributed systems, contribute to novel placement algorithms, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver scalable, reliable storage