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# Software Development Engineer, S3 Buckets

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Amazon S3, Software Quality, Computer Programming, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Data Store, Fault Tolerance, Software Engineering, S3 Bucket, Build Management, Information Technology, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/software-development-engineer-s3-buckets-seattle-wa-usa-58898710

## About the Role

and extensible code from feature specifications. * Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage. * Design and code solutions starting from broadly defined problems. * Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software. Tasks * 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience * Experience programming with at least one software programming language * Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parential leave * RSUs * sign-on payments

## Description

Experteer Overview Join AWS S3 as a Software Development Engineer focusing on S3 Index to build durable, highly available key-value metadata systems at massive scale. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable storage-index-query components in a distributed environment. You own code quality, testing, and on-call responsibilities, contributing to a culture of ownership and high reliability. You will work in an agile setting to deliver impactful software that powers billions of transactions daily. This role offers the chance to solve hard CS problems and shape the future of S3. Compensation / Benefits * Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to conceive, design, and bring innovative products to market. * Design and build technologies in a large distributed computing environment and lead fundamental changes in the industry. * Investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility. * Deliver working, maintainable, and extensible code from feature specifications. * Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage. * Design and code solutions starting from broadly defined problems. * Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software. Tasks * 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience * Experience programming with at least one software programming language * Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parential leave * RSUs * sign-on payments


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