Software Development Engineer II, DynamoDB

Amazon • Seattle, WA

16h

About The Position

Join the DynamoDB Capacity and Customer Entitlement (CCE) team and help scale
one of the world's largest distributed database services, managing massive
global infrastructure across AWS regions. As an SDE II, you'll design and build
production systems that optimize capacity planning and fleet scaling for
DynamoDB's infrastructure, directly impacting millions of customers worldwide.

In this role, you'll own end-to-end software solutions that balance customer
demand with infrastructure efficiency across multiple DynamoDB fleets (Load
Balancing, Routing, Storage, Log Propagation, Backup/Restore, Replication).
You'll work on challenging distributed systems problems, building automated
scaling algorithms, capacity management tools, and operational workflows that
enable DynamoDB to maintain its industry-leading performance and availability
while optimizing 9-figure infrastructure investment.

What makes this role exciting:

- Design and develop production systems for capacity automation that directly
influence DynamoDB's 9-figure CapEx planning and operational efficiency
- Exercise the full software development lifecycle, from initial design and
architecture through implementation, testing, and production launch
- Gain deep systems understanding across DynamoDB's entire architecture,
building solutions that integrate with every component from routing to storage
to backup and restore systems
- Develop and apply best practices for leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate
development velocity and improve code quality across the team
- Build machine learning-integrated prediction systems that predict demand
patterns and optimize capacity allocation across global infrastructure
- Partner with DynamoDB leadership and cross-functional teams to shape the
technical direction of capacity management for one of AWS's most critical
services
- Contribute to a culture of innovation where your engineering solutions can
transform how Amazon manages infrastructure at planetary scale

You'll thrive here if you:
- Love solving complex distributed systems problems that require strong software
engineering fundamentals and systems thinking
- Want to see the direct business impact of your code measured in operational
efficiency and cost optimization
- Enjoy building deep technical understanding of large-scale architecture and
how components integrate end-to-end
- Are excited about exploring AI-assisted development tools while maintaining
focus on core software engineering excellence

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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice To Haves

• 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

• Design, implement, and maintain production-grade capacity management systems that optimize fleet scaling across DynamoDB's AWS regions and multiple fleets (Load Balancing, Routing, Storage, Log Propagation, Backup/Restore, Replication)
• Own the full software development lifecycle, from design documents through implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support for capacity automation projects
• Build automated workflows that process customer capacity requests, achieving high auto-approval rates while optimizing DynamoDB's infrastructure investment
• Develop integration points across DynamoDB's architecture, gaining deep systems understanding from load balancing through storage and replication
• Create monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions that provide visibility into capacity health, utilization patterns, and optimization opportunities across global infrastructure
• Participate in on-call rotations, resolve operational issues with long-term fixes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with DynamoDB service teams, product managers, and leadership to align technical solutions with business objectives
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions while developing best practices for leveraging AI coding tools
• Influence technical direction through architecture discussions and strategic planning sessions

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: Mid Level