The Software Development Engineer II (SDE-2) role on the MSK team involves designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems that support the MSK Control Plane. This position requires close collaboration with the infrastructure layer to develop software that manages compute resources across various environments. The SDE-2 will take ownership of significant features, influence technical design decisions, and enhance engineering excellence within the team. Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) is a rapidly growing service that provides real-time data infrastructure for diverse organizations.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• 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 using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
• 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
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards and operations

• Design, implement, deploy, and maintain innovative software solutions to deliver new features in performance, cost, and reliability.
• Use software engineering best practices to ensure the quality of all team deliverables.
• Build and implement high-quality distributed system software.
• Work in an agile development environment prioritizing the most important and impactful projects.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.