Software Development Engineer, Amazon Monitoring and Observability

Software Development Engineer, Amazon Monitoring and Observability

Come change the way the world sees the Cloud!
The CloudWatch Logs team builds and manages some of the largest logging in the world. CloudWatch Logs allows AWS users to ingest their application and AWS logs in a highly scalable, durable, and reliable service for enterprise scale; find and analyze the right log to solve operational problems; generate metrics and alarms from their log events; or send logs to other downstream services.
On the Logs team, you’ll get to build critical monitoring services that impact every single AWS customer, both internally and externally.

Work/Life Balance
Our team values work-life balance. Most days, our entire team is co-located in the Seattle office. We generally keep core in-office hours from 10am to 4pm.

On-Call Responsibility
This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. We focus on ensuring our systems are fault tolerant to minimize disturbances. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause to prevent recurrence.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, fostering an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior engineers enjoy mentoring junior engineers and those from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and aim to assign projects that help each team member become a well-rounded engineer and take on more complex tasks in the future.

Inclusive Team Culture
Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. We believe our inclusive and welcoming culture is a significant factor in our success. We seek a teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit here .

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 here . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.