Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer - S3, S3 Storage Control Plane - Durability
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the three specified software development, programming, and systems design/architecture areas; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads development of distributed software for the Amazon S3 storage control plane, delivering features for performance, cost, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, deploy, and maintain software solutions and new features.
- Build high-quality distributed system software and apply software engineering best practices.
- Prioritize impactful projects in an agile environment; participate in a regular on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leader of an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 5+ 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
$168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Amazon S3, AWS, EC2
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