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Software Development Engineer, Route 53 Waypoint

Amazon· AWS Route 53 Waypoint
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Herndon, VA$143.7k - $194.4kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Engineer to lead development of highly available, scalable distributed systems for Amazon Route 53 DNS infrastructure, owning full software lifecycle and driving production excellence across 50+ global locations.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable distributed systems for Amazon Route 53's DNS infrastructure operating across 50+ global locations
  • Lead technical initiatives to build new features and functionality including Private DNS, DNS Firewall, DNS resolver, health checks, and security services
  • Own the full software development lifecycle—from architecture and implementation to deployment and production operations—while maintaining a 100% availability SLA
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across AWS to deliver integrations, traffic management solutions, and routing capabilities
  • Drive operational excellence by building and running software in production, troubleshooting complex issues spanning databases, networking, distributed systems, and security
  • Mentor team members and raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and engineering best practices
  • Solve challenging problems in computer science including distributed systems, numerical analysis, networking, and security at massive scale

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Skills

Required:Software design and architectureDistributed systemsProgramming languages

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and life insurance options
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • RSUs and sign-on payments
  • Comprehensive benefits package described in posting
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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