The Software Development Engineer will work on the ODA Fundamentals team, focusing on the automation of release processes for Amazon EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Athena. This role involves designing and implementing services that enhance the build, validation, and distribution of software releases. The team is responsible for the entire lifecycle of releases and aims to create a fully automated, zero-touch deployment process. Candidates will engage with various teams and contribute to improving operational efficiency and release velocity.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• 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, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

• Design and implement services that automate the build, validation, and distribution of releases across all deployment modes and services.
• Work on distributed systems that must be reliable, scalable, and secure.
• Contribute to reducing operational toil through automation and improving release velocity.
• Collaborate with engine teams, platform teams, and security teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence for the release pipeline.

• 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.