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Software Development Engineer II - Amazon MSK, Managed Streaming Kafka (MSK)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Seattle, WA · Today
EngineeringFull-time

About the role

Come build the future of data streaming with the Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team! We are seeking builders for our Amazon MSK service, a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. We are looking for engineers who are enthusiastic about data streaming, and are as passionate about contributing to open source as they are about solving real customers' business needs, at AWS scale. As a member of the Amazon MSK team, you will be making contributions to the entire stack - the APIs and the workflows that make up the MSK service, the core Kafka platform, and stand-alone tools that make it easier for Kafka community to operate Kafka better. Upstream compatibility is a core tenet of MSK. Your code changes to the Kafka platform will be released back to open source. As a member of an AWS service that builds on top of a popular open source technology, this is a unique opportunity to work on a team that straddles both worlds – open source and Amazon-internal software. You will design and build new features, make performance improvements, identify and investigate new technologies, prototype solutions, build scalable services, and test and review changes, to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build new features for the Amazon MSK service
  • Make performance improvements across the entire stack
  • Identify and investigate new technologies
  • Prototype solutions
  • Build scalable services
  • Test and review changes
  • Collaborate with other engineers to build a large scale AWS service
  • Work with senior leaders to define your team's roadmap, including identifying design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms

Requirements

  • 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
  • In-depth understanding of streaming data technologies like Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka
  • Experience with open-source data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink, or Apache Storm
  • Experience designing large-scale systems supporting millions of transactions per second

Skills

  • Analytical, design and problem-solving skills
  • Enthusiasm for data streaming
  • Passion for contributing to open source
  • Ability to solve complex software problems

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)

Pay

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

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