Software Development Engineer, AWS Transactional Services

Join the team that is part of a foundational service for distributed storage used across AWS. Our systems serve as critical building blocks for services like S3 DynamoDB EC2 Networking and more.

This role offers a unique opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges that impact services across AWS. We are looking for engineers who thrive on technical challenges and passionate about building highly available durable systems with minimal dependencies. And collaborate with talented peers to design and implement robust solutions make critical architectural decisions and ensure operational excellence. If you are excited about distributed systems engineering with the opportunity to build and operate systems with impact across AWS services this role is for you.


Key job responsibilities
- You work with the team to design build and operate systems that are secure available and performant.
- You solve difficult problems applying appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
- You are proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them (and when it is not). Your solutions are pragmatic navigating constraints.
- You create maintainable software without over-engineering. You make appropriate trade-offs re-use where possible and are judicious about introducing dependencies.
- You focus on operational excellence understanding how decisions impact operational costs and take on projects that make software easier to maintain.

A day in the life
- Designing and driving technical decisions that balance competing priorities and constraints
- Implementing changes at a high quality achieving stringent requirements for availability security and performance
- Creating and implementing automation that improve system reliability and operational efficiency
- Working closely with dependent teams to enhance system capabilities and resolve technical challenges
- Driving investigations to root cause anomalies and delivering robust solutions



About the team
We are a team that relishes solving hard problems across the entire software stack from application logic down to hardware. Engineering rigor and excellence are central to everything we deliver. We constantly share knowledge and grow together through technical deep-dives and demos. We love a good debate evaluating multiple perspectives and approaches to arrive at thoughtful decisions on critical questions.

Operational excellence isnt just a goal - its a critical requirement in our work. We strive for continuous improvement believing that this pursuit strengthens both our systems and our engineering skills.

- 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

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually