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Software Development Engineer - AWS OpenSearch, OpenSearch Dashboards

Amazon

Location

Bellevue, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/10/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Software Development Engineer role at Amazon OpenSearch Service focuses on building high-performance applications for cloud-scale search and analytics. The team is dedicated to revolutionizing how customers manage and derive insights from large volumes of data. This position offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while contributing to a fully managed service that supports a wide range of analytics and search functionalities. The ideal candidate will engage in designing, developing, and supporting a world-class platform that serves diverse customer needs.

Requirements

  • 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

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and support a world-class search and analytics platform
  • Produce high-quality code that is robust, efficient, and maintainable
  • Work at the core of OpenSearch and contribute to the open-source project
  • Tackle challenging problems in areas such as data visualization and log analytics
  • Participate in setting a vision and objectives for OpenSearch UI
  • Drive algorithm and architecture design, execute, and deliver results
  • Build the future of search, observability, and log analytics in the cloud

Benefits

  • 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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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