Software Development Engineer AWS OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards

Amazon OpenSearch Service is looking for a Software Development Engineer to build world-class applications for our customers.

Are you interested in building out a cloud-scale search and analytics application Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage and derive insights from vast volumes of data in the cloud Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on a large number of AWS users Do you want to be part of a fast-growing AWS service and work in a fast-paced startup-style environment

You will work on architecting designing and implementing high-performance applications for our customers to interact with Amazon OpenSearch Service.

Amazon OpenSearch Service makes it easy to deploy operate and scale OpenSearch for log analytics observability application monitoring full-text search security analytics and more. Amazon OpenSearch Service is a fully managed service that delivers OpenSearchs flexible APIs and real-time capabilities along with predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads. The service supports both provisioned clusters and serverless deployment options serving hundreds of thousands of customers across all AWS regions.

At AWS youll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment while leveraging the resources of (AMZN) one of the worlds leading internet companies. The Amazon OpenSearch Service team is part of the rapidly growing AWS Database and Analytics group. We are customer-obsessed in a highly collaborative team-oriented environment.

The Amazon OpenSearch Service team designs develops and operates software that allows customers to index search and analyze documents at scale in a secure responsive and reliable environment. We are looking for a skilled developer to build the next generation of search observability and log analytics customer experiences on OpenSearch Dashboards (the managed UI for OpenSearch Service).


Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer on the Amazon OpenSearch Service team you will:

Design develop and support a world-class search and analytics platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes
Produce high-quality code that is robust efficient and maintainable
Work at the core of OpenSearch and contribute to the open-source project
Work on challenging problems in areas such as data visualization log analytics observability pipelines query optimization security analytics and AI-assisted insights
Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs
Possess knowledge in large-scale distributed system design and engineering best practices
Participate in setting a vision and objectives for OpenSearch UI in alignment with customer needs and market opportunities
Drive algorithm and architecture design execute and deliver results
Build the future of search observability and log analytics in the cloud
Join a great group of motivated top-notch people and work with them to solve challenging problems in a fun collaborative environment

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 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
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors 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 full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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. Learn more about our benefits at WA Bellevue - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually