Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Neptune
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years professional software development; 2+ years system design or architecture; 1+ years in C++, Rust, Related programming language.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Designs and delivers algorithms and features for the Amazon Neptune graph database, improving its availability, reliability, and performance.
What you'll do
- Develop database algorithms and service features; improve software architecture, automation, and metrics, and resolve defects.
- Build customer-facing solutions and participate in design discussions and code reviews.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams on technical and business decisions.
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.
- 1+ years of experience in C++, Rust, Related programming language.
- Knowledge of database internals, query planning and optimization, and/or storage performance and efficiency.
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
C++, Rust, Apache TinkerPop Gremlin
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