The Software Development Engineer position on the AWS Elastic Container Services team focuses on building core services related to Service Meshes and Container Networking. The team values work-life balance and offers flexibility in working hours while ensuring systems are fault tolerant. Mentorship and career growth are emphasized, with opportunities for knowledge sharing and project assignments that enhance engineering skills. The role involves integrating with other AWS technologies and contributing to open source software.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with networking fundamentals

• Build core services and integrate with other AWS technologies
• Contribute to open source software and partner with other services used by customers
• Define the terms 'application networking' and 'service mesh' for the industry
• Consider features, scale, and security at a global AWS scale
• Collaborate with product managers, customers, open source software maintainers, and partners to enhance services

• 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.