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Software Development Engineer II, AWS DynamoDB

Amazon· Software Development
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Seattle, WA$143.7k - $194.4kfull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

DynamoDB SDE II role focusing on designing, developing, and scaling highly distributed, large-scale services for DynamoDB to deliver single-digit-millisecond performance at scale. Hands-on position owning requirements, designs, implementations, reviews, operations, mentoring, and continuous improvement within a high-performance distributed systems team.

Responsibilities

  • Design, Develop, Manage, optimize, and re-imagine highly distributed, large-scale services.
  • Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
  • Be hands on. Work with others on the engineering team to manage day-to-day development activities, participate in designs, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation.
  • Deliver quality features on-time and on-budget. Execute against project plans and delivery commitments.
  • Contribute to the intellectual property of Amazon through patents and external publications.

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
  • 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, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
  • 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

Skills

Required:Distributed systems design

Benefits

  • The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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