The role is for a software engineer on the OpenSearch Control Plane team at Amazon, focusing on building and operating a large-scale distributed control plane for OpenSearch. The team is responsible for managing cloud-native OpenSearch clusters, ensuring high availability and durability for critical workloads. Engineers will work with various programming languages and contribute to the development of an intelligent retrieval engine. The position emphasizes treating operations as core engineering and solving complex problems in cluster orchestration and lifecycle workflows.

• 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 fully 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 concrete deliverables
• Continually challenge existing systems and explore improvements to better serve customers

• 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.