Software Development Engineer, AWS IAM Distributed Database System

Software Development Engineer, AWS IAM Distributed Database System

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity team builds, operates, and innovates the identity, authentication, and authorization stack for the AWS cloud.

Our mission is to push the technical boundaries to enable AWS customers to run their business workloads confidently and securely. We leverage customer obsession and technologies to help customers set appropriate access controls across all their AWS environments.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables customers to secure their workloads in the cloud by providing authentication and authorization mechanisms. With the growth of AWS, the workloads and access patterns keep evolving, demanding the next order of magnitude scalability.

We are looking for strong software engineers to build the next generation of IAM systems. Individuals should have experience building high‑performing, reliable systems in a complex, multi‑tenancy, distributed environment in a fast‑paced setting.

You’ll thrive if you are interested in building highly available, fault‑tolerant distributed systems, low‑latency request processing, and handling p100 anomalies. You are capable in one or more programming languages and open to learning new ones. You include customer experience when discussing engineering alternatives and value creating APIs that make “The right thing, the easy thing.” You value operational sustainability and advocate for eliminating flaky tests as soon as possible.

You also think having fun goes together with tackling hard problems like supercomputing, high availability, streaming, and building loosely coupled micro‑services while securely handling massive traffic with millisecond latency.

We’re a diverse team that builds an inclusive culture. We value work‑life balance and offer flexible hours. Our on‑call rotation is roughly one week every two months, and we invest in fault‑tolerant systems so pages are rare. We fix root causes together and are committed to your growth through hands‑on mentorship, thoughtful code reviews, and projects chosen to stretch your skills and advance your career.

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, 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

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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 factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and 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 at .