Software Development Engineer – Big Data, AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR), EMR EKS

Join AWS's Elastic MapReduce (EMR) team to revolutionize Big Data and Analytics! EMR is a massively scaled distributed service providing fast and predictable Big Data performance with clusters running Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Impala, Spark, Presto, and HBase. The team manages millions of customer clusters and is developing innovative features including next-generation cluster management systems and real-time processing solutions.

As a Software Development Engineer, you'll work on designing and building stable components and cutting-edge features for sophisticated customers. You'll have opportunities to contribute to open source projects like Hadoop, Spark, Pig, and HBase. The role requires excellent programming skills, understanding of big data and parallelization, and a passion for massive-scale computing.

The team values work-life balance and fosters an inclusive culture with ten employee-led affinity groups across 190 global chapters. AWS emphasizes mentorship and career growth, providing a supportive environment for knowledge sharing and professional development. You'll work with top talent in the industry while building solutions that millions use daily.

The position offers competitive compensation based on location ($129,300-$223,600/year), plus equity opportunities and comprehensive benefits. You'll be part of AWS Utility Computing (UC), which provides foundational services like S3 and EC2, contributing to groundbreaking cloud computing solutions that set industry standards.

This role combines technical excellence with leadership opportunities, requiring minimal supervision while handling multiple priorities. You'll work on complex distributed systems, collaborating with talented engineers to solve challenging problems in big data processing and analytics.