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Software Development Engineer, AWS Transit Gateway

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2025
Description

Amazon Web Services is looking for an experienced software development engineer with a passion for taking on big data and large-scale distributed systems without compromising on operational excellence. This position is an engineering role within one of the teams within the organization that builds SD-WAN connectivity services such as Transit Gateway and Cloud WAN. The team is the data platform team and owns the data architecture and components for enabling network observability and metering.

The ideal candidate is willing to dive deep to understand high-volume and low-latency messaging, processing, storage and querying challenges and craft solutions to address foundational concerns or build on top of existing capabilities. You will have an in-depth knowledge of streaming data technologies and experience with data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink or Kafka and AWS services such as Redshift, Athena, S3, EC2, Lambda, SNS/SQS, Kinesis.

Your responsibilities will include collaborating with other engineers to build new services, identify design and code updates needed to existing services with an eye towards reliability, quality, frugality, scalability and performance.

You will possess exceptional communication and teamwork skills, a knack for rapidly grasping and implementing new technologies and are detail-oriented.

About The Team

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll 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 customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s 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

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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
  • 3 years programming experience in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, Typescript, C/C including object-oriented design experience.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.


Company - Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A2840947

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