Software Development Engineer, AWS CloudWatch OpenTelemetry
Amazon· Software Development
Seattle$143.7k - $194.4kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
AWS CloudWatch OpenTelemetry is hiring to build the next generation of cloud observability. The Seattle team owns distributed query and long-term metrics storage systems, focusing on correctness, availability, and open standards like OTLP and PromQL. The role involves designing and implementing features, operating a 24x7 service, collaborating with stakeholders, and shaping architecture for scale at AWS.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test new features across distributed query and long-term metrics storage systems using Rust and Java, leveraging AWS services including S3, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and ECS.
- Operate and maintain a globally available 24x7 service that customers rely on to monitor, alert, and analyze their metrics in real time, identifying root causes of operational issues and applying permanent fixes.
- Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and peers to understand requirements, influence our roadmap, and shape how millions of developers and SREs monitor their systems.
- Contribute to the full software development lifecycle — from design and code reviews to testing, deployment, and documentation — while mentoring teammates through constructive feedback.
- Evaluate new tools and approaches to keep our systems and practices current, making recommendations to the team on adoption and integration.
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 software programming language
Skills
Required:Distributed systems designRustJava
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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