Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Route 53
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates globally distributed Route 53 DNS systems and related AWS networking and security services.
What you'll do
- Design and implement highly available, low-latency DNS systems and secure, resilient services.
- Develop control plane and data plane components, APIs, and AWS integrations; operate services with automation and observability.
- Participate in on-call and production root-cause analysis, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience involving design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- Experience developing software in multiple languages, such as Java, Rust, or Golang.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Containerization, and distributed systems development.
Pay
$143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually (base salary); $143,700.00 - $194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
DNS, AWS, Java, Rust, Golang, Kubernetes
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