The Amazon Data Firehose team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build a fully managed service for capturing, transforming, and delivering streaming data. This role involves working on all aspects of the Firehose service, including design, development, and operations. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing large-scale systems and a strong understanding of streaming data technologies. The team values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from various backgrounds to apply.

• 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 experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
• 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

• Collaborate with other engineers to build a large scale AWS service
• Work with senior leaders to define the team's roadmap
• Identify design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms
• Learn the ins and outs of building a highly available, scalable, distributed and secure system

• 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.