Software Dev Engineer II, AWS catalog

Description

Seeking a talented Software Development Engineer II to join our innovative team and drive technical excellence. You'll design, develop, and scale robust software service that redefines how customers build and manage enterprise data catalogs in AWS, leveraging your expertise in system architecture and programming to solve complex challenges. Ideal candidates will bring strong technical skills, creativity, and a passion for building high-performance software systems.

Seeking a talented Software Development Engineer II to join our innovative team and drive technical excellence. You'll design, develop, and scale robust software service that redefines how customers build and manage enterprise data catalogs in AWS, leveraging your expertise in system architecture and programming to solve complex challenges. Ideal candidates will bring strong technical skills, creativity, and a passion for building high-performance software systems.

• Mission-driven software development
• Opportunity to design and architect scalable systems
• Collaborative team environment
• Potential for significant technical impact
• Key job responsibilities
• AWS Services expertise: S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, Cloud Formation, Event Bridge, Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, IAM, KMS, RAM
• Backend development:
  Java, serverless architecture, API design
• Security: IAM policies, encryption (client-side and server-side), attribute-based access control (ABAC)
• Data systems:
  Data catalogs, metadata management, asset ingestion workflows
• Distributed systems:
  Event-driven architecture, asynchronous workflows, workflow orchestration

• Cross-functional collaboration
• System design and documentation
• Problem-solving in complex distributed environments

You will be part of a team that will own, design and build and operate new AWS data catalog and governance capabilities for humans and can scale to AI agents.

• Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and…