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Software Development Engineer - III, AWS OpenSearch, New Initiative

Bellevue, Washington, United StatesFull-time$168k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-09
Based in United States

Core

Design, develop, and support a world-class cloud-scale search and log analytics platform serving individuals and businesses.

Role type

Senior Software Development Engineer (Search & Analytics)

Builds

Amazon OpenSearch Service (fully managed search, log analytics, and application monitoring)

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, search engines

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, Python, C/C++, large-scale distributed system design, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, algorithm design, architecture design

Preferred skills

Full software development life cycle experience, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, operations

Technologies

Java, Python, C/C++, Apache Lucene, JVM

Responsibilities

Design and develop robust, efficient, and maintainable code; work on core OpenSearch and Apache Lucene open source software; tackle challenges in data storage, query optimization, and security; participate in setting vision and objectives for Search Services; drive algorithm and architecture design; contribute to open source projects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities