System Development Engineer, AWS ADC Relational

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon's world-class technical team in Seattle, WA, working alongside leading engineers and technical managers while developing your skills and advancing your career within one of the most innovative technology companies. Amazon Web Services is building some of the largest distributed systems in the world, including database offerings like Aurora, DynamoDB, EMR, OpenSearch, RDS, and Redshift, which power critical parts of the internet today.

A successful Engineer on this team will do more than write code and triage problems; they will collaborate with Amazon's largest and most demanding customers to address specific needs across a full suite of services, dive deep into technical issues, and work to improve the customer experience.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be great fun to work with, embracing Amazon's credo “Work hard. Have fun. Make history.”
• Have strong Linux and networking fundamentals, with deep experience in large-scale, distributed environments.
• Understand networking technology and how servers and networks interrelate, regularly participating in deep-dive troubleshooting and technical post-mortems.
• Love to code, using technology like Java or Python to solve complex system problems, with a solid grasp of software development methodology.
• Think big—building and deploying solutions across thousands of devices and striving to improve and streamline processes at massive scale.

This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The candidate must also be willing to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

About the Team

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, trusted by startups and Global 500 companies alike. AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure—keeping the cloud running by supporting data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customer access to innovation.

Inclusive Team Culture

At AWS, curiosity and learning are core values. Employee-led affinity groups foster an inclusive culture that celebrates differences, supported by events and learning experiences such as CORE and AmazeCon, which inspire continuous growth and inclusion.

Work/Life Balance

AWS values work-life harmony, offering flexibility as part of its culture so that professional success does not come at the expense of personal well-being.

Mentorship and Career Growth

Amazon is committed to raising performance standards and supporting employee development through knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, or C#
• 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
• 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Current, active U.S. Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java
• Experience working in an Agile environment using Scrum
• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services
• Experience with systems administration on Linux/UNIX or Windows operating systems