Amazon
Software Development Engineer, EC2 VPC
$144K–$194K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience. Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates highly available, scalable control-plane services that power EC2 networking across AWS regions.
What you'll do
- Develop server-side APIs, asynchronous workflows, and automation tooling; own services through design, deployment, and monitoring.
- Troubleshoot distributed-system issues, participate in on-call rotations, and improve service availability and deployment safety.
- Write and review design documents and code, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience in design or architecture of 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.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, Kotlin, Python, Ruby
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