Senior SDE,OpenSearch,AWS OpenSearch Job Santa Clara area,California USA,IT/Tech

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

Are you interested in building security for a cloud-scale distributed log analytics and search platform? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage and secure vast volumes of data in the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on a large number of AWS users? Do you want to be part of a fast-growing AWS service and work in a fast paced startup style environment?

Amazon Open search service makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Open search for log analytics, application monitoring, full‑text search, and more. It is a fully managed service that delivers Open search’s easy‑to‑use APIs and real‑time capabilities while offering predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads.

The Open Search team is looking for innovative engineers who help develop the next generation of security features to protect both open source community users and AWS customers at cloud scale.

Key job responsibilities

Design, develop and support security for a world‑class platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes.

Build technologies that help customers strengthen their security posture and meet security requirements in the AWS Cloud.

Work at the core of the AWS Open Search service with ample opportunities to contribute to open source.

Address challenging problems in areas such as data storage, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, machine learning, and more.

Join a team that values strong intuition while seeking metrics and data sources to back assumptions.

Support plugin teams in meeting security requirements for host logging, patching, and vulnerability detection.

Continually challenge what exists and explore changes that best meet evolving customer needs.

Participate in setting a vision and objectives for AWS Open Search in alignment with customer needs and market opportunities.

Basic Qualifications

At least 5 years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
At least 5 years of programming experience in one or more software programming languages.
At least 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leader of an engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

At least 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 an equivalent field.
Experience architecting and securing solutions with Amazon Web Services (e.g., IAM, JWT tokens).

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

The base salary range for this position is – USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), basic life and AD&D insurance, optional supplemental life plans, employee assistance program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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Senior SDE, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch