Software Development Engineer, Consensus and Distributed Locking Systems, Transactional Services

Software Development Engineer, Consensus and Distributed Locking Systems, Transactional Services

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Join the team that powers distributed consensus across AWS. We build and maintain the systems that enable distributed consensus for locks, leader election, group membership and work distribution across AWS. Our distributed computing primitives are part of the critical building blocks behind services like S3, Dynamo

DB, Cloud Watch, and more.

This role offers a unique opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges that impact services across AWS. We are looking for engineers who thrive on technical challenges and are passionate about building highly available, durable systems with minimal dependencies. Collaborate with talented peers to design and implement robust solutions, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure operational excellence. If you are excited about distributed systems engineering and have the opportunity to build and operate systems with impact across AWS services, this role is for you.

• Design, build, and operate systems that are stable, highly available, and performant.
• Solve difficult problems, applying appropriate technologies and architectural patterns.
• Choose suitable design approaches and navigate constraints pragmatically.
• Create maintainable software without over‑engineering; make appropriate trade‑offs and reuse where possible.
• Focus on operational excellence, understanding how decisions impact operational costs and improve maintainability.

• Design and drive technical decisions that balance competing priorities and constraints.
• Implement changes at high quality meeting stringent requirements for availability, durability, and performance.
• Create and implement automation that improves system reliability and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with dependent teams to enhance system capabilities and resolve technical challenges.
• Drive investigations to root cause anomalies and deliver robust solutions.

We are a team that believes in focused execution and collaboration. We concentrate our collective energy on 1–2 key initiatives, allowing us to deliver high‑quality results through teamwork. Learning is central to our team’s operation—we constantly share knowledge and grow together with technical deep‑dives and demos. We love a good debate evaluating multiple perspectives and approaches to arrive at thoughtful decisions on critical questions.

Operational excellence is a critical requirement in our work; we strive for continuous improvement to strengthen both our systems and our engineering skills.

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture experience with 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.
• Knowledge of distributed computing environments.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total‑compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.