Software Development Engineer, Amazon Email Service

Overview

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we provide business applications leveraging Amazon’s experience and expertise, used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day‑to‑day operations. We accelerate customers’ businesses through intuitive, differentiated solutions that address enduring challenges.

You’ll tackle the challenges of sending billions of emails daily, building systems that handle massive scale, combat email abuse, and create AI/ML capabilities to improve deliverability and engagement.

The SES Command team focuses on making configuration easy through natural language interfaces, reducing complexity and enabling customers to manage resources effortlessly.

• Design, develop, and support next-generation configuration and onboarding experiences that make the full power of SES accessible to every customer, regardless of technical expertise.
• Build natural language interfaces that replace complex APIs, enabling customers to manage resources the way they think.
• Produce code that is robust, efficient, and maintainable at the scale of millions of customer resources.
• Work on challenging problems at the intersection of AI/ML, distributed systems, and customer experience—from intent understanding to resource orchestration.
• Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs, simplifying complexity without sacrificing capability.
• Possess expert knowledge in large‑scale distributed system design and engineering best practices.
• Participate in setting the vision and roadmap for unified configuration experiences, in alignment with customer needs and the broader SES strategy.
• Drive algorithm and architecture design for AI‑powered tooling that adapts to how customers think, not the other way around.
• Collaborate with a motivated, top‑notch team to solve meaningful problems in a fun, innovative environment.

• 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 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. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). for more information.

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

A