SDE, AWS OpenSearch Service, Opensearch

About the role

Join the Amazon Opensearch Service team to build a cloud-scale log analytics and search platform that revolutionizes how users manage and derive insights from vast volumes of data. As part of this fast-growing AWS service, you’ll work in a startup-style environment with direct impact on a large number of AWS users. The team designs, develops, and operates software enabling customers to index, search, and analyze documents at scale in a secure, responsive, and reliable environment.

The Amazon Opensearch Service is a fully managed service delivering Opensearch’s easy-to-use APIs and real-time capabilities with predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads. You’ll tackle challenging problems in data storage, query optimization, JVM performance, security, machine learning, and distributed systems while contributing to open-source projects like Opensearch and Apache Lucene.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support a world-class search platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes.
• Produce robust, efficient, and maintainable code in Java, Python, and C/C++.
• Work at the core of Opensearch and Apache Lucene open-source software, contributing to these projects.
• Solve complex problems in areas such as data storage, query optimization, JVM performance, security, and machine learning.
• Challenge existing systems and explore improvements to meet evolving customer needs.
• Apply expert knowledge in large-scale distributed system design and engineering best practices.
• Set vision and objectives for Search Services aligned with customer needs and market opportunities.
• Drive algorithm and architecture design, execute projects, and deliver results.
• Invent the future of search and log analytics in the cloud.
• Collaborate with a motivated, top-notch team to solve challenging problems in a fun, supportive environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship experience in designing or architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, and scaling).
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits, including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Mental health support, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and a medical advice line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Pay

Base salary ranges:

• East Palo Alto, CA: $165,200.00 – $223,600.00 USD annually.
• Santa Clara, CA: $165,200.00 – $223,600.00 USD annually.

About Us

At AWS, we embrace diversity and foster an inclusive team culture. We have ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40,000 employees globally, along with learning experiences like Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity). Our culture is reinforced by Amazon’s 14 Leadership Principles, which encourage seeking diverse perspectives, curiosity, and trust.

We prioritize work-life balance, offering flexibility in working hours to help you establish a flow that energizes both your personal and professional life. The team supports mentorship and career growth, with senior members providing one-on-one mentoring and thorough code reviews. We assign projects to help you develop into a well-rounded engineer and take on more complex tasks over time.