Software Development Engineer, Dedicated Cloud

About the Role

Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) is hiring Software Development Engineers to build mission-critical cloud services in secure, air-gapped environments supporting national security customers. The ADC SDE organization designs, develops, and operates cloud services within secure, air-gapped environments, solving complex distributed systems challenges to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure to government and defense customers. This role directly supports the mission of protecting national interests through innovative cloud technology. The team builds and maintains tooling and automation to enable Region Reliability Operations to scale across US Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services.
• Design and develop scalable solutions using cloud-native architectures and microservices in a large distributed computing environment.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation.
• Build and maintain resilient distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective.
• Leverage and contribute to the development of GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity.
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns.
• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles.
• Participate in operational responsibilities including on-call duties.
• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles.
• Experience with AI tools for development productivity.
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS).
• Experience with database systems (SQL and NoSQL).
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• Experience with debugging and troubleshooting complex systems.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields OR completed a Bachelor's or Graduate degree in specified fields.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience.
• US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. (Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.)
• Export Control Requirement: Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.