Amazon
Senior Software Dev Engineer, AWS Core Network
$193K–$262K
Santa Clara, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 18, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in each of the three stated basic experience areas. Preferred qualification also lists 5+ years leading design or architecture.
- Education
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Build and operate software services and algorithms that control traffic across AWS’s global network, improving its scale, availability, reliability, security, and operating cost.
What you'll do
- Own, architect, test, and deploy network services and features, with unit tests and metrics.
- Translate customer and stakeholder needs into software requirements, designs, and delivery plans; lead development and reviews.
- Mentor engineers and improve network service health, security, availability, and operating efficiency.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 7+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 7+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience in networking, large-scale distributed systems or a related field; or programming in a modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Software Defined Networking (SDN)
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