Sr. Software Engineer, Amazon MSK

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Prescription Insurance

Basic Life & AD&D Insurance

Supplemental Life Plans

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health Support

Medical Advice Line

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Sign-on Payments

Restricted Stock Units

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking engineers to design and build new features and performance improvements for the Amazon MSK service and the core Kafka platform, collaborating with engineers and leaders to shape the team roadmap.

You will contribute code back to the open-source community and mentor junior engineers, leveraging deep knowledge of distributed systems, data streaming, and software architecture to drive high-impact results.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership in system design and architecture.
• Preferred candidates have a bachelor's degree in computer science and experience with the full software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features and performance improvements for the Amazon MSK service and the core Kafka platform.
• Collaborate with engineers and leaders to define the team roadmap and contribute code back to the open-source community.

Skills

Apache Kafka

Data Streaming

System Design

Distributed Systems

Open Source Contribution

Scalable Services

Amazon MSK

Amazon Kinesis

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Apache Storm

Software Architecture

Code Review

Mentoring

Technical Leadership

Full Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Design and build new features and performance improvements for the Amazon MSK service and the core Kafka platform. Collaborate with engineers and leaders to define the team roadmap and contribute code back to the open-source community.

Requirements:

Requires 5+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership in system design and architecture. Preferred candidates have a bachelor's degree in computer science and experience with the full software development life cycle.

Key Skills:

Apache Kafka, Data Streaming, System Design, Distributed Systems, Open Source Contribution, Scalable Services, Amazon MSK, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Storm, Software Architecture, Code Review, Mentoring, Technical Leadership, Full Software Development Life Cycle

Benefits:

Health Insurance, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Prescription Insurance, Basic Life & AD&D Insurance, Supplemental Life Plans, Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement, 401(k) Matching, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Sign-on Payments, Restricted Stock Units