Software Development Engineer, AWS EMR

Amazon • East Palo Alto, CA

2d • $165,200 - $223,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon EMR is the industry leading cloud-native big data platform for processing vast amounts of data quickly and cost-effectively at scale. Using open source tools such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, Apache HBase, Apache Flink, and Presto, coupled with the dynamic scalability of Amazon EC2 and scalable storage of Amazon S3, EMR gives analytical teams the engines and elasticity to run Petabyte-scale analysis for a fraction of the cost of traditional on-premises clusters.
We are developing innovative new features including our next-generation cluster management system, improvements for real-time processing of big data, and ways to enable customers to more easily interact with their data.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from senior and principal engineers who are domain experts at AWS. You will be part of a collaborative and growing team working on complex problems for a successful and long-running product. You will have an opportunity to learn and influence how our customers use EMR for a wide variety of use cases. You will get to work with a lot of AWS stack – DynamoDB, Lambdas, API Gateway, CloudFormation, EC2, etc. (Where can you learn AWS technologies better than at AWS itself?)
We don’t need you to be an expert in distributed systems as you will have a chance to learn with your team, although a good understanding of the basics will help you ramp up. We value engineers who love what they do and are passionate about their work. We appreciate curiosity and craftsmanship over knowledge in certain frameworks.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience in networking, large-scale distributed systems or a related field

Nice To Haves

• Use and knowledge of GenAI tooling will be a plus.
• 3+ 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

Responsibilities

• Work on scaling a heavily used AWS Service.
• Solve some of the most interesting challenges in distributed systems.
• Build solutions for large scale problems.
• Develop innovative new features including next-generation cluster management system.
• Improve real-time processing of big data.
• Develop ways to enable customers to more easily interact with their data.
• Collaborate with and learn from senior and principal engineers who are domain experts at AWS.
• Work on complex problems for a successful and long-running product.
• Learn and influence how customers use EMR for a wide variety of use cases.
• Work with a lot of AWS stack – DynamoDB, Lambdas, API Gateway, CloudFormation, EC2, etc.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level