Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Kiro Control Plane
About The Position
The future of software development is autonomous. AWS is building Kiro Autonomous Agent —a frontier agent that independently tackles development tasks, maintains context across interactions, and continuously learns from its work. This isn't just another AI tool; it's a fundamental shift in how software gets built and maintained. We're looking for engineers who want to shape this transformation. You'll work alongside exceptional talent solving novel problems at the intersection of AI and software engineering. The challenges are unique: building systems that operate autonomously, retain context across complex workflows, and improve through experience—all while meeting AWS's exacting standards for scale, reliability, and security. Your impact will be immediate and visible. You'll ship features that directly improve how developers work. Daily collaboration includes code reviews, mentorship in both directions, and rapid skill development. From day one, you'll have opportunities to lead—whether that's owning projects, defining technical direction, or shaping how the team operates. This is your chance to build the agent that builds the future.
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
- Practical experience with cloud-based compute services (e.g., AWS EC2, ECS, Lambda, or equivalent platforms)
- Experience with container orchestration frameworks (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Understanding of the architectural principles underlying distributed computing paradigms
- Comprehensive understanding of core networking protocols and constructs, including TCP/IP, DNS resolution, load balancing strategies, virtual private cloud (VPC) configuration, subnet management, firewall policies, and service mesh architectures
- Demonstrated capacity to design and implement fault-tolerant, high-availability systems that satisfy stringent performance and scalability requirements
- Proficiency with declarative infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
- Experience with monitoring, structured logging, and distributed tracing methodologies to ensure operational integrity and system health
Nice To Haves
- 5+ 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 building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems.
- Apply rigorous engineering principles to develop infrastructure that is reliable, performant, and resilient under production conditions.
- Develop infrastructure where agent and tools will run.
Benefits
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
