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# Software Development Engineer, EC2 VPC

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Ruby, Software Engineering, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kotlin, Build Management, Information Technology, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10500968/software-development-engineer-ec2-vpc

## About the Role

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
 - Experience programming with at least one software programming language, 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
 - Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
 - Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
 - Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
 - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

## Description

Design and build server-side APIs and asynchronous workflows in Java and Kotlin that operate at EC2 scale across all AWS regions

 - Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring
 - Troubleshoot and root-cause customer-impacting issues across distributed systems
 - Write and review design documents for new features and system improvements
 - Mentor junior engineers through design reviews and code reviews
 - Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational improvements to improve availability
 - Build and maintain automation tooling in Python and Ruby to support deployment safety and fleet operations

A day in the life
On a typical day, you might root-cause a customer-reported API failure across multiple services, whiteboard a concurrency design with a senior engineer, or pair with a teammate on a tricky debugging session. You own your services end-to end: design, code review, deployment, and production monitoring. You'll collaborate with peers and senior engineers on system design, mentor junior engineers, and raise the bar in code reviews. On-call rotations give you direct exposure to how your services behave in production at EC2 scale. Expect a mix of heads-down coding and collaborative design sessions.

About the team
EC2 VPC builds and operates the control plane services that power networking for every EC2 instance launched worldwide. We prioritize availability and invest heavily in deployment safety and monitoring. Engineers have the autonomy to drive technical decisions and own the results. We favor automation over manual work and value clear, peer-reviewed documentation for our technical decisions.


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