Software Development Engineer II (L5), AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Software Development Engineer II (L5), AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Amazon Web Services is looking for experienced engineers to help us build the future of computing. The AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service delivers high performance virtualized storage "in the cloud" for EC2. Durable and performant storage is a key building block for any application and as a member of the team you'll work alongside outstanding engineers and leaders to develop and operate one of the largest distributed systems in the world.

We are looking for an experienced developer to join the durability-focused data plane team that owns core logic and contributes to a broad and strategic set of projects. You will be part of a team that develops and maintains the components enabling high durability of the EBS offering. We consistently improve our durability and we want you to help us implement that charter!

You will design and solve for performance, availability and scalability problems. You will develop and implement key metrics to analyze and improve business operational efficiency. We also expect our engineers to interact with customers, to understand our business goals and to innovate rapidly, delivering high-quality and ground-breaking functionality. You will have opportunities to develop software on the latest platforms and drive the roadmap for the next generation. You will have an immediate impact on millions of customers, improving their experience as their applications run in the AWS Cloud.

Key job responsibilities

1. Analyze customer needs and design solutions that keep the customer front of mind
2. Implement and test solutions in various programming languages
3. Define metrics and monitoring procedures to provide visibility in how your software is behaving
4. Document software solutions and operational procedures

Minimum Qualifications

1. 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3. Experience programming with at least one software programming language
4. 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.