Full Job Description
Software Developer - Amazon Web Services - Herndon, VA
Amazon Web Services (Route 53) is expanding our presence within the Herndon, VA area due to explosive growth! We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Amazon Route 53 team. You will design, build, and operate globally distributed systems that enable millions of customers to securely and reliably resolve DNS queries within milliseconds-across regions, VPCs, on-premises environments, and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of networking, security, and distributed systems at massive global scale. You will get an opportunity to across the full stack-control plane, data plane, API surfaces-and integrate with core AWS infrastructure services. You will also help drive system architecture decisions, champion engineering best practices, and mentor junior engineers on the team.
At Amazon Web Services, we like to "work backwards": start by understanding what customers need and using that to guide our software engineering. We're looking for a software engineer who is experienced in listening to customers, synthesizing their needs, and rapidly iterating our services to quickly put features into customers' hands. Our best ideas become even better when we get feedback from real customer use. The sooner we can get that feedback, the more quickly we can grow.
This position will be part of the Amazon Route 53 team in the Herndon, VA office. Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) service offered by Amazon Web Services. We operate in over 50 locations worldwide and provide advanced functionality such as latency-based routing (LBR), Private DNS, Geo DNS routing, DNS failover, and integration with a plethora of AWS services. On top of that, we offer fast change propagation with a 100% availability SLA. Our service is quickly growing and we're expanding in multiple directions: adding new features and functionality to our DNS services, better traffic management, new AWS integrations, improving our health check capabilities, and expanding with new services in the naming and routing space.
We work on deep, technical problems that span a variety of core topics in computer science ranging from databases to networking to distributed systems to numerical analysis to security. We are looking for a developer who will lead the team and who feels strongly not only about building good software but also about running that software in the real world.
Amazon in a fast-paced environment where we "Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History." On a typical day, software engineers might whip up a prototype to prove an idea, instrument code to report a new metric, talk with customers, code up a feature, or draft a proposal for a radical new idea.
Key job responsibilities
Design and implement highly available, low-latency distributed systems that serve DNS traffic at global scale
Build and operate secure, resilient services that protect customer workloads across hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments
Develop control plane and data plane components, APIs, and integrations with AWS networking and security services
Architect solutions that support containerized workloads, microservices, and modern cloud-native application patterns
Contribute to the security posture of the service, including DNS Firewall capabilities, encryption, access controls, and threat mitigation
Operate services in a DevOps model with a focus on automation, observability, and operational excellence
Participate in on-call rotations and drive root cause analysis for production issues
Mentor and develop junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
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
- Experience developing software in multiple languages like Java, Rust, Golang etc. Prior experience with Kubernetes, Containerization and distributed systems development is highly preferred.
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, VA, Herndon - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
