Software Development Engineer, AWS Identity
Listed on 2026-10-20
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software, DevOps
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We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the AWS Identity team. In this role, you will design, build, and operate distributed systems that handle authentication and authorization decisions will work on challenging problems at the intersection of security, distributed systems, and customer experience — ensuring that AWS customers can securely and seamlessly manage access to their resources.
Key job responsibilities- Design and implement core identity infrastructure components including control plane APIs, data plane execution environments, and deployment orchestration systems
- Design and implement scalable, highly available services that process millions of requests per second
- Develop monitoring, observability, and operational tooling to ensure production reliability and enable rapid incident response
- Contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions for session management, identity/permissions, cross-account access, and security integrations
- Mentor junior engineers and drive engineering excellence through code reviews, design reviews, and operational best practices
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Basic Qualifications- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 3+ 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
- 3+ 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 leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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 option for 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.
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USA, WA, Seattle - - USD annually
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