Amazon Senior Open Source Engineer Emerging Tech 

United States, California, San Diego 

198431481

Key job responsibilities
1. Understand Customer Needs: Gain a deep understanding of the customer's technical and business requirements, and identify key pain points in building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) solutions using open-source technology on AWS.5. Accelerate IDP Development: Develop plugins, tools, and reference implementations to accelerate the development of IAM solutions using open-source technologies.7. Knowledge Sharing: Present your work and research at internal and external conferences to share your expertise and insights.
8. Scaling and Optimization: Contribute to and develop scaling and optimization techniques, such as sharding algorithms, to enhance the performance and scalability of IDP solutions.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance

- 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience (C/C++, Python, Java, etc.)
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Proficiency in programming (Go, Python, JavaScript or similar) and willingness to learn new technologies as needed
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems, multi-threaded programming, and virtualization
- Professional experience building/operating solutions built on AWS or other public cloud providers
- Able to adapt to new technologies, learn quickly, and manage high ambiguityPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.