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Software Development Engineer - II, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Amazon· Amazon Data Services, Inc.
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Seattle$143.7k - $194.4kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Software development role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems powering AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) services, with opportunities to work on ALB, NLB, GWLB, and PrivateLink, across a global, high-scale environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable distributed systems that power AWS Elastic Load Balancing services, handling millions of requests per second for customers worldwide
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code in Java, C++, or similar languages while participating in code reviews and technical design discussions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, senior engineers, and operations to deliver new features and improvements that enhance load balancing performance, reliability, and security
  • Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement solutions that prevent recurrence
  • Own end-to-end delivery of medium to large-sized projects, from design through deployment and monitoring
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy for the team
  • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
  • Monitor system health metrics, participate in on-call rotations, and respond to operational issues to maintain high availability standards
  • Drive continuous improvement in development processes, testing practices, and operational excellence
  • Stay current with industry trends and AWS technologies to bring innovative solutions to customer problems

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:JavaCode reviewsArchitectural designCollaboration with cross-functional teams
Nice to have:C++On-call rotations

Benefits

  • Base salary range: USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D and optional supplemental life), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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