Software Development Engineer, Cloudscape

Shape the User Experience for millions of AWS customers!

Our team builds Cloudscape the AWS Design System. We deliver a shared consistent foundation used across the AWS Management Console including reusable UI components design tokens and tooling that enables teams to build scalable accessible experiences using modern web standards. Additionally we work on genAI-powered tools that rely on the Design System to build interfaces and accelerate design development and validation workflows
This includes frontend frameworks backend APIs data modelling infrastructure and GenAI systems. Accessibility security reliability and performance are first-class requirements.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. It has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth. We try to assign projects and tasks based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Were looking for a new teammate who is able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive and inclusive team culture weve been building.
Cloudscape is a part of AWS Utility Computing (UC) which provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.


Key job responsibilities
* Design and own end-to-end systems spanning backend services APIs data storage and frontend integration.
* Build and evolve GenAI-powered services that support design generation validation and automation workflows.
* Contribute to long-term technical vision and architecture decisions.
* Balance short-term delivery with scalable maintainable system design.
* Work directly with customers and internal teams to understand needs and translate them into robust solutions.
* Contribute to hiring mentor junior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations

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