The AWS Config Rules Platform team is seeking a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to enhance the core evaluation engine that assesses millions of resources for compliance across AWS accounts. This role involves designing, building, and operating distributed systems that ensure security and compliance for enterprise customers. The team values work-life balance and offers a flexible schedule, allowing engineers to focus on impactful work without excessive operational noise. You will collaborate with experienced engineers and have ownership over your projects, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling of systems
• 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a related role
• 1+ years of experience 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, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

• Design, build, and operate high-scale, highly available distributed services for the AWS Config Rules evaluation engine
• Own solutions across the full lifecycle including design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and support
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency as customer adoption and evaluation volume grow
• Build new capabilities that expand how customers evaluate, enforce, and remediate compliance across their AWS resources
• Participate in on-call rotation, drive root cause analysis, and continuously improve operational health
• Collaborate with partner teams across Config, Resource Explorer, Security Hub, and the broader AWS governance ecosystem
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through rigorous code reviews, design discussions, and technical mentorship of peers

• 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.