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# Software Development Engineer, AWS - Amazon EKS

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Adobe InDesign, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Perl (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, State Machines, Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/software-development-engineer-aws-amazon-eks-seattle-wa-usa-58898698

## About the Role

Amazon software development experience * 2+ years in design or architecture of large-scale systems focusing on reliability and scaling * 1+ years of distributed software applications development * 1+ years of OO design experience * Experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parental leave * RSUs and sign-on payments * employee assistance programs

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role you will help shape the lifecycle, availability, and insights of EKS clusters. You'll own state machines and orchestration for cluster operations, and build health-detection that surfaces actionable insights before issues affect customers. You will contribute to resilience features like rollback and self-healing, collaborating with experienced engineers across EKS. This is a hands-on, scale-oriented role with end-to-end feature ownership and on-call responsibilities. You'll work on critical, customer-facing systems that influence Kubernetes operations at scale. Compensation / Benefits * Build and improve state machines and orchestration workflows for cluster create, update, and upgrade * Develop health-detection systems to surface actionable insights * Contribute to resilience capabilities (rollback, failover, self-healing) from design through production * Collaborate with engineers across EKS to solve cross-service problems Tasks * 3+ years of non-internship software development experience * 2+ years in design or architecture of large-scale systems focusing on reliability and scaling * 1+ years of distributed software applications development * 1+ years of OO design experience * Experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field Key requirements * health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parental leave * RSUs and sign-on payments * employee assistance programs


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