
Software Dev Engineer II, AWS Transfer Family
Required skills
- AWS Transfer Family
- Amazon S3
- B2B file transfer
- distributed systems
- large-scale
- multi-tiered
- multi-threaded
- embedded
- C#
- C++
Nice to have
- coding standards
- code reviews
- source control management
- AI-assisted development tools
- Kiro
- Cursor
Role summary
AWS Transfer Family is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join their team. This role involves designing, coding, and debugging large-scale, distributed systems, with a focus on file transfer protocols and AWS storage services like Amazon S3. The engineer will contribute to new features, optimize performance, and analyze data to drive design decisions. The position requires experience with languages such as C#, C++, Java, or Perl, and a strong understanding of system design, reliability, and scaling. Experience with the full software development lifecycle and AI-assisted development tools is preferred.
A day in the life
What makes this role exciting is that every day brings new challenges as customer workloads grow and technology evolves. Much of your time will be hands-on with our systems.
You might be:
* Designing and writing code to delight our customers to deliver an impactful feature, adding optimization functions to scale the performance and so on.
* Diving into data to make design decisions or measure effectiveness of changes you make.
* Debugging complex distributed systems issues that require careful analysis and creative problem-solving.
* Review proposals and code from peers from the team as well as partner teams.
About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior engineers truly enjoy mentoring more junior engineers and engineers from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews.
We care about your career growth. We try to assign projects and tasks based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. Basic 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 Preferred Qualifications: - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience effectively using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Kiro, Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate data analysis, software design, implementation, review, and investigation.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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.
USA, MA, Boston - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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