Software Engineer, ECS

Are you familiar with Service Meshes and Container Networking Theyre the dedicated infrastructure layer that facilitates seamless communication between services or microservices; making it easy to monitor and control services. Heres your opportunity to be part of the AWS Service Mesh and Container Networking offerings: ECS Service Connect.

At the core of our mesh offerings lies Envoy a versatile open-source proxy deployed as a sidecar to intercept traffic. Are you eager to delve deep into the intricacies of service meshes explore the capabilities of Envoy and contribute to our Envoy Management Server (xDS)

If youre passionate about unraveling the magic behind service meshes keen on mastering Open Source Proxy: Envoy and excited about shaping the future of ECS we invite you to apply for the Software Development Engineer position on the AWS Elastic Container Services team. Join us in revolutionizing the way services communicate and collaborate in the cloud.

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Key job responsibilities

As part of the team you will be responsible for building our core services integrating with other AWS technologies contributing to open source software and partnering with other services that our customers use today. Your work will help define the terms application networking and service mesh for our industry. You will be asked to think about features scale and security at a global AWS scale. You will have the opportunity use your passion and customer focus to work with our product managers customers open source software maintainers and partners to make our services delightful for our customers.

About the team
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
This position involves on-call responsibilities typically for one week every two months. We dont like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we dont get paged for the same issue twice.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

- 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
- 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
- Experience with networking fundamentals

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually