Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Data Firehose

Amazon Data Firehose is a crucial component of AWS's real-time data processing infrastructure, handling billions of events and petabytes of data daily for thousands of customers worldwide. As a Software Development Engineer on the Firehose team, you'll be at the forefront of building and maintaining a highly scalable, distributed system that serves as the backbone for real-time data delivery and ingestion across AWS services.

The role offers a unique opportunity to work on a service that's fundamental to AWS's data processing capabilities, requiring collaboration with multiple teams and third-party vendors. You'll be responsible for all aspects of the service, from architecture and development to deployment and operations, using modern cloud computing paradigms and tools.

Amazon Web Services, as the world's leading cloud platform, provides an environment where you'll be challenged to solve problems at unprecedented scale. The position sits within the Utility Computing organization, which is responsible for foundational services like S3 and EC2, as well as continuing innovation in cloud services.

The company culture strongly emphasizes work-life harmony, diversity, and inclusion. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits, including medical and financial packages, and places a strong emphasis on career development through mentorship programs and learning opportunities. The team culture promotes continuous learning, curiosity, and embraces differences through various employee-led affinity groups and diversity initiatives.

This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, enjoy working with data at scale, and want to make a significant impact on a service used by thousands of customers globally. You'll need to bring experience in software development, system design, and a strong understanding of scalability and reliability principles. The position offers competitive compensation, varying by location, and includes potential for equity and other benefits as part of the total compensation package.