2 months ago
Base Salary
$144k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly available, low-latency distributed systems serving DNS traffic globally.
- Build and operate secure, resilient services for hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud customer workloads.
- Develop control-plane and data-plane components, APIs, and integrations with AWS networking and security services.
- Architect solutions for containerized workloads, microservices, and cloud-native application patterns.
- Contribute to DNS Firewall capabilities, encryption, access controls, and threat mitigation.
- Operate services using automation, observability, and operational-excellence practices.
- Participate in on-call rotations and conduct root cause analysis for production issues.
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 2 years of non-internship experience with design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Preferred: experience developing software in multiple languages such as Java, Rust, or Golang.
- Preferred: experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and distributed systems development.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, plus life and AD&D insurance options.
- Employee assistance, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
- 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the overall package.
- Inclusive culture, mentorship, knowledge-sharing, learning opportunities, and career-growth resources.
- Work-life balance and workplace flexibility are supported.
- Position is based in the Amazon Route 53 team office in Herndon, Virginia, with an additional listed location in Seattle, Washington.
About Amazon
Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.