Software Development Engineer, Amazon Managed Grafana

$129,300 - $223,600/Yr

Amazon - Federal Way, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Federal Way, WA

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About the position

The Software Development Engineer position at Amazon Managed Grafana involves building and enhancing a fully managed secure data visualization service. The role focuses on developing open-source monitoring and observability solutions, enabling customers to visualize and analyze operational metrics, logs, and traces from various sources. The position requires tackling scalability and performance challenges while contributing to a collaborative team environment that values innovation and customer-centric design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test new product features using Go, Kotlin, TypeScript, and AWS services.
• Operate and maintain a globally available 24x7 service for monitoring system health.
• Contribute to open source software projects in the observability space, such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Solve immediate operational problems for customers and influence the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with team members to improve software best practices, including security and quality.
• Participate in hiring and mentoring new team members.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ownership of challenges.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams to design and build high-quality code.
• Proficient in computer science concepts such as object-oriented design and data structures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with Go, TypeScript, or Kotlin programming languages.
• Experience designing and building large-scale systems in a distributed environment.
• Familiarity with Elastic Container Service and AWS services.
• Experience as a contributor or maintainer of a popular open-source project.
• Experience with Grafana and Prometheus.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to support work-life balance.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities.
• Employee-led affinity groups promoting inclusion and diversity.
• Access to ongoing learning experiences and conferences.