Amazon
Software Development Engineer - Amazon MSK, Managed Streaming for Kafka
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 3, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship systems design or architecture experience. Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
About the job
Build and improve Amazon MSK’s managed Kafka service, core data-plane and Kafka platform, and tools for operating Kafka, contributing changes to open source.
What you'll do
- Design and build features, improve performance, prototype solutions, and develop scalable services.
- Test and review changes to deliver a strong customer experience.
- Collaborate on the service and help define the team roadmap, including changes to underlying open-source platforms.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Amazon MSK, Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Apache Storm
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