The role is for a software engineer on the OpenSearch Control Plane team at Amazon, focusing on managing a large fleet of cloud-native OpenSearch clusters. The team is dedicated to providing high availability and durability for mission-critical workloads while simplifying operations for customers. Engineers will work with a variety of programming languages and contribute to the development of a distributed control plane. The position emphasizes treating operations as core engineering and driving improvements in system reliability and efficiency.

• 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
• 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

• Design, develop, and operate components of a large-scale distributed control plane.
• Look for opportunities to simplify and reduce complexity in the codebase.
• Own the systems you build end-to-end and participate in incident response.
• Solve real problems in cluster orchestration and operational tooling.
• Use AI coding assistants effectively across the software development lifecycle.
• Write robust, efficient, and maintainable code in Java, Rust, Python, or Go.
• Partner with senior engineers to translate ambiguous requirements into deliverables.
• Continually challenge existing systems and explore improvements for customer service.

• 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.