The Software Development Engineer role at Amazon S3 Glacier involves leading the design and implementation of a distributed storage service that operates at extreme scale. The team focuses on innovative storage technologies and optimizing costs while maintaining high standards for system reliability and performance. Engineers will work on both high-level service development and low-level systems coding. The position emphasizes work-life balance, mentorship, and career growth within a collaborative environment.

• 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
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications

• Lead the design and implementation of a distributed storage service
• Develop distributed system services using Java and low-level systems coding
• Solve challenging fundamental computer science problems
• Participate in test automation, verification processes, and design and code reviews
• Engage in a regular on-call rotation to support the 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.