Software Development Engineer, Hydro

About the role

Want to help advance the state of the art in open source distributed programming, AI agents and scalable systems? We’re looking for engineers to join the leaders of the open source Hydro framework for Rust, solving novel problems at the intersection of distributed systems and AI.

Responsibilities

• Work on the open source Hydro framework and its integration with Amazon's Kiro family of coding agents.
• Engage with internal customers to enable their success using Hydro.
• Build and deploy novel software engineering technology, advancing the safety, reliability and simplicity of building the cloud-scale software our customers demand.
• Balance innovation with operational excellence, making technical choices that enable Hydro open source and Kiro agents to work smoothly for a wide class of developers while meeting AWS's standards for scale and security.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 3+ years working on concurrent, parallel or distributed systems OR 3+ years working on compilers (LLVM, GraalVM, etc.) or modern build tools (Nix, Bazel, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Fluency in Rust - Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Experience leveraging AI based development tools to build production software

Skills

A day in the life includes engaging with teammates on software engineering in Hydro, engaging with internal customers to enable their success using Hydro, and engaging with open-source users and contributors publicly.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.