Senior SDE, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch
Amazon· Software Development
Austin, TX$168.1k - $227.4kfull-timePosted 2d ago
About the role
Senior Software Development Engineer focused on security for the AWS OpenSearch service, contributing to a cloud-scale distributed log analytics and search platform, with opportunities to influence security features for both open-source community users and AWS customers.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and support security for a world-class platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes
- Building technologies that help customers strengthen their security posture and better meet security requirements in the AWS Cloud
- Work at the core of the AWS OpenSearch service, with ample opportunities to contribute to open source
- Work on challenging problems in areas such as data storage, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, machine learning and more
- Join a team that values intuition but backs decisions with metrics and data
- Supporting plugin teams in meeting the security requirements for host logging, patching, and vulnerability detection
- Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs
- Participate in setting a vision and objectives for AWS OpenSearch in alignment with customer needs and market opportunities
Qualifications
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred)
Skills
Required:Software developmentArchitecture and design leadershipMentorship / technical leadership
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and optional supplemental life plans
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off and parental leave
- RSUs and sign-on payments as part of compensation
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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