Software Development Engineer, AWS OpenSearch

Software Development Engineer, AWS Open Search

Job :  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Amazon Open Search Service is a fully managed service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Open Search clusters for log analytics, full‑text search, application monitoring, and more. As part of AWS, we serve hundreds of thousands of customers who rely on Open Search to power mission‑critical search and observability workloads at scale.

As a Software Development Engineer on the Open Search team, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges in distributed systems, data ingestion, and search infrastructure. You will translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and build quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders. Your work will invent new features, design, develop, and deploy reliable distributed services that operate at massive scale across all AWS regions.

You will work with core languages and technologies including Rust, Java, Python, Golang, and AWS‑native services. You will tackle challenging problems in cluster management, data pipeline orchestration, query optimization, and multi‑tenant infrastructure while ensuring high availability and security for our customers.

We expect you to thrive in a high‑ambiguity environment and enjoy solving problems that span the full stack—from control plane APIs to data plane performance. Along the way, you’ll learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on many customers.

This is an opportunity on a newly formed, high‑performing, AI‑forward team.

• Design, develop, and support high‑throughput, highly available, distributed, multi‑tenant, cloud‑native systems.
• Produce bullet‑proof code that is robust, efficient, and maintainable; our primary languages are Java and Rust.
• Lead development and maintenance of key system features for Amazon Open Search Service.
• Design and build scalable, fault‑tolerant distributed systems.
• Work on challenging problems in data ingestion, auto‑scaling, data storage, search optimization, query optimization, security, machine learning, and more.
• Identify and advocate for operational improvements, reducing maintenance and development cost.
• Collaborate with a motivated, top‑notch group of people to solve challenging problems in a fun, collaborative environment.

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

• 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.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

USA, TX, Austin – $ – $ USD annually. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional Supplemental life plans), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..