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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior SDE, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $168,100.0 - $227,400.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Design Patterns, HP Systems Insight Manager, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Log Analysis, Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Software Engineering, System Software, Data Logging, Data Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Build Process, Full-text Search, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Vulnerability Analysis, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/350C8AE3CA7340D08AA938D9C86F6053/job/ ## About the Role * 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience * 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience * 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience * Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team, * 5+ 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 ## Description Are you interested in building security for a cloud-scale distributed log analytics and search platform? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage and secure vast volumes of data in the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on a large number of AWS users? Do you want to be part of a fast-growing AWS service and work in a fast paced startup style environment? Amazon Opensearch service makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Opensearch (for log analytics, application monitoring, full-text search, and more! Amazon Opensearch service is a fully managed service that delivers Opensearch's easy-to-use APIs and real-time capabilities along with offering predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads. The OpenSearch team is looking for innovative engineers with a passion for helping develop the next generation of security features to help users (both, opensource community users and AWS customers) secure and manage access to their data, all at cloud scale. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about delivering results. You should be passionate about solving security hurdles in innovative ways. You'll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success., As a Software Development Engineer on the Amazon Opensearch Security team, you will: 1. Design, develop and support security for a world-class platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes 2. Building technologies that help customers strengthen their security posture and better meet security requirements in the AWS Cloud 3. Work at the core of the AWS OpenSearch service, with ample opportunities to contribute to open source 4. Work on challenging problems in areas such as data storage, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, machine learning and more. 5. You will join a team that values strong intuition, but seek metrics and other data sources to back up their assumptions. 6. Supporting plugin teams in meeting the security requirements for host logging, patching, and vulnerability detection. 7. Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs 8. Participate in setting a vision and objectives for AWS OpenSearch in alignment with customer needs and market opportunities ## Related Videos - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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