Software Development Engineer, AWS Athena

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

Want to help make history in the world of big data and make it easy for
customers to efficiently query and analyze petabytes and more of data? Come join
the Amazon Athena team in AWS!

We are developing innovative new capabilities from the ground up that will
transform the way customers analyze their data while also giving them high
performance, low costs, and exceptional ease-of-use. We are a small,
entrepreneurial team that operates independently, but with access to some of the
top engineers in our field across AWS.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with senior and
principal engineers who are domain experts at AWS. You’ll develop deep expertise
in areas like distributed systems, query engines, open source applications,
performance optimization, and operational excellence. You’ll also have the
opportunity to work with and contribute to the leading open source big data and
analytic frameworks like Hive, Spark, and Presto. You will enjoy competitive
compensation and your contributions in this role will impact customers and
businesses around the world.

Key job responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of
our most strategic technical projects. You’ll deliver large-scale, high
performance production systems, design new software systems of distributed
technology, and have a significant bottom-line impact on our business results.
You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers,
complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical
issues.
Internal job description

About the team
About AWS
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly
adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped
innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global
500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their
businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious.
Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us
to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences,
including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon
conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we
strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless
knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help
you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should
never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for
flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the
workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

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

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

• You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of our most strategic technical projects.
• You’ll deliver large-scale, high performance production systems, design new software systems of distributed technology, and have a significant bottom-line impact on our business results.
• You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers, complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues.

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