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# Software Development Engineer III, AWS Core Networking - Network Fabric Engineering, Core Networking - Edge Capacity

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $193,300.0 - $261,500.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Unix, Code Review, Computer Programming, Data Centers, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Internet Protocol, Network Troubleshooting, Software Engineering, Computer Network Technologies, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/EC8AD62F1E844521A5490349078318E6/job/

## About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer with production quality software services experience. You are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where delivery of new services and features is very rapid. The ideal candidate will demonstrate established software engineering expertise, having successfully developed and launched extensive distributed systems in collaboration with a team. You are adaptable, capable of excelling in a dynamic and entrepreneurial setting. You will be responsible for delivering high quality, extensible design and code. You are expected to have extensive background in network engineering and can troubleshoot network issues. You are expected to mentor and guide junior engineers. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and are able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios. You identify and implement optimizations for performance, scalability, and efficiency. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead
are essential to success in this role. You are data-driven and analytical. You have the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, across organizations.

A day in the life

 * Work in a 24x7 team on call rotation, with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.

 * Manage customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.

 * Sit at the computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.

 * Travel to data center/network sites and Amazon/customer offices as needed., * 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

Do you like to use network and Unix systems engineering to deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions? Would you like to play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks?


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