Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Networking, Direct Connect Routing Plane

Amazon • Arlington, VA

4d • $168,100 - $227,400 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring customers have continuous access to the innovation they rely on. This role is part of a diverse team of engineers, specialists, and managers who collaborate across AWS to maintain high standards of safety and security while providing scalable capacity at the lowest possible cost. AWS Direct Connect allows customers to establish dedicated connections to AWS, bypassing the public internet for reduced costs, increased throughput, and predictable data travel. The Routing Plane team within AWS Direct Connect is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate the critical routing and metering systems that support the Direct Connect service. This role involves driving the development of distributed systems for BGP route management, traffic metering, and route reconciliation at scale, ensuring reliable route advertisement, accurate billing, and network correctness across all AWS regions. The engineer will influence technical strategy, mentor others, and enhance operational excellence for systems impacting customer connectivity and revenue.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience in networking, large-scale distributed systems or a related field

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate distributed systems for BGP route management (BgpSpeaker), traffic metering, and route services at scale across all AWS commercial, GovCloud, and classified regions
• Own the architecture and evolution of critical data-plane and control-plane components, ensuring high availability, correctness, and performance
• Lead technical design reviews and produce design documents for complex, ambiguous problems spanning multiple services
• Drive operational excellence by improving monitoring, alarming, and automated remediation for production systems
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and career development support
• Collaborate with partner teams to deliver cross-cutting features and resolve complex operational issues
• Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response for Sev-2 and above events
• Influence team roadmap and technical strategy through data-driven proposals to leadership

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree