Software Development Engineer, AWS Catalog

About the role

Seeking a talented Software Development Engineer II to join our innovative team and drive technical excellence. You'll design, develop, and scale robust software solutions, leveraging your expertise in system architecture and programming to solve complex challenges. Ideal candidates will bring strong technical skills, creativity, and a passion for building high-performance software systems.

Key Points to Highlight

• Mission-driven software development

• Opportunity to design and architect scalable systems

• Collaborative team environment

• Potential for significant technical impact

Key job responsibilities

• Technical Skills:

  • AWS Services expertise: S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, EventBridge, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, IAM, KMS, RAM
  • Backend development: Java, serverless architecture, API design
  • Security: IAM policies, encryption (client-side and server-side), attribute-based access control (ABAC)
  • Data systems: Data catalogs, metadata management, asset ingestion workflows
  • Distributed systems: Event-driven architecture, asynchronous workflows, workflow orchestration

• Soft Skills:

  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • System design and documentation
  • Problem-solving in complex distributed environments

About The Team

AWS: Diverse Experiences Amazon 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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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

• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience

• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience

• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

• 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

Company Information

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

• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.