The Software Development Engineer I role on the Cosmos team at Amazon focuses on building and scaling real-time data infrastructure for robotics. This position involves working with systems that process millions of events daily from robotic workcells, contributing to operational insights and business decisions. The team values collaboration and operational excellence, and the work directly impacts the performance of robotic systems across Amazon's fulfillment network. Candidates will engage in a fast-paced environment at the intersection of robotics, data engineering, and distributed systems.

• 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
• Experience building or operating real-time data pipelines using Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis, or similar frameworks
• Experience designing or maintaining data solutions using relational databases or data lake architectures
• Experience deploying and operating containerized services on Amazon ECS or similar platforms

• Design, develop, and maintain components of the Cosmos data pipeline
• Write clean, well-tested production code to support real-time and batch data processing
• Collaborate with robotics engineering teams to onboard new event types and data models
• Participate in operational excellence activities including monitoring and on-call support
• Contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning within an agile team
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed systems

• 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.