Amazon

Software Development Engineer, AWS OpenSearch

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture
  • Proficiency with at least one programming language
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum workflows
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

  • Design and support highly available, distributed systems
  • Develop robust and maintainable code primarily in Java or Rust
  • Lead features development for Amazon OpenSearch Service
  • Build scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
  • Tackle challenges in data ingestion and query optimization
  • Advocate for operational improvements to reduce costs
  • Collaborate with a motivated team to solve complex problems

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement
Full Job Description
As a Software Development Engineer on the OpenSearch team, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges in distributed systems, data ingestion, and search infrastructure. You will play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and build quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. You will help invent new features, design, develop, and deploy reliable distributed services that operate at massive scale across all AWS regions.

You will work with a variety of core languages and technologies including Rust, Java, Python, Golang, and AWS-native services. You will tackle challenging problems in areas such as cluster management, data pipeline orchestration, query optimization, and multi-tenant infrastructure - all while ensuring high availability and security for our customers.

You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that's higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that span the full stack - from control plane APIs to data plane performance. Along the way, we guarantee that you'll learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on many customers.

This is a greenfield opportunity on a newly formed, high-performing, AI-led team. A true Think Big initiative from the ground up.

Key job responsibilities

* Design, develop and support high throughput, highly available, distributed, multi-tenant, cloud native systems.

* Produce bullet-proof code that is robust, efficient and maintainable; our primary languages are Java and Rust.

* Leading development and maintenance of key system features for Amazon OpenSearch Service

* Designing and building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems

* Work on challenging problems in areas such as data ingestion, auto-scaling, data storage, search optimization and query optimization, security, machine learning and more.

* Identify and advocate for operational improvements, reducing maintenance and development cost

* Join a great group of motivated, top-notch, people and work with them to solve challenging problems in a fun, collaborative environment

Internal job description

Basic qualifications

* Working with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype solutions, and validate them through testing

* Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software in a fast paced environment.

BASIC 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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