Software Development Engineer, AWS Route 53 Global Resolver, AWS Route 53 Global Resolver

About the role

We’re looking for a mid-level Software Development Engineer to join the Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver team. Our team builds and operates a globally distributed DNS resolution service that enables AWS customers to securely resolve internal and external DNS names across regions, networks, and hybrid environments. You will help ensure that DNS queries are resolved securely, reliably, and within milliseconds for enterprise customers running workloads across VPCs, on-prem, and edge locations.

As an SDE, this is a rare opportunity to build a new AWS service from its preview launch toward global scale. You will work across the entire stack—control plane, data plane, API surfaces, and deep integrations with AGA, EC2 Networking, DNS Firewall, and Route 53 core systems. You will also help drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices that enable a quality product, and help coach and develop junior engineers.

A successful candidate will have an established background in engineering large scale networking software, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

At Amazon Web Services, we like to “work backwards”: start by understanding what customers need and using that to guide our software engineering. We’re looking for a software engineer who is experienced in listening to customers, synthesizing their needs, and rapidly iterating our services to quickly put features into customers’ hands. Our best ideas become even better when we get feedback from real customer use. The sooner we can get that feedback, the more quickly we can grow.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate globally distributed DNS resolution services
• Drive system architecture and establish best practices for quality and reliability
• Collaborate across control plane, data plane, and API layers
• Integrate deeply with AGA, EC2 Networking, DNS Firewall, and Route 53 core systems
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence

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