Software Engineer, AWS EBS Data Services

Salary: $168,400 - 168,400 per year Requirements:

• At least 5 years of professional, non-internship software development experience
• At least 5 years of programming experience in one or more software languages
• At least 5 years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling
• Experience mentoring others, serving as a technical lead, or leading an engineering team
• Preferred: At least 5 years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, builds, testing, and operations
• Preferred: A bachelors degree in computer science or an equivalent qualification

• Develop and operate our large-scale distributed storage systems alongside engineers and technical leaders
• Work with our high-performance C++ software stack to reduce latency at the microsecond scale
• Design solutions to performance, availability, and scalability challenges
• Develop software for new platforms and help shape the roadmap for the next generation of our services
• Improve the experience of customers running applications in the AWS Cloud
• Collaborate across EBS and other AWS teams to build secure, performant, and reliable systems
• Own data movement and transformation between EBS volumes and snapshots, from roadmap and design through implementation, testing, monitoring, and observability

• AWS
• Cloud
• EC2
• Support
• Web
• Security

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We are Amazon Web Services (AWS), and our Elastic Block Store (EBS) service provides high-performance virtualized cloud storage for EC2. Our EBS Data Services team brings together systems software experts to build and operate storage capabilities at enormous scale. We support knowledge-sharing and mentorship across a team with a broad range of experience. This role is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and lists a base salary range of $168,400 annually; the compensation package also includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units. We offer benefits including health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. We are an equal opportunity employer, and our inclusive culture supports workplace accommodations during the application and hiring process.

last updated 40 week of 2026