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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Development Engineer , AWS OpenSearch Intelligent Search Team - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $180,000.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, HP Systems Insight Manager, Log Analysis, Query Optimization, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Data Storage Technologies, System Availability, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software, Build Process, Data Management, Full-text Search, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us98d38f12131480499d4f7e263d825951/eaa ## 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 Preferred Qualifications - 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 the next generation of a cloud-scale search and analytics platform? Do you want to revolutionize the way people run search, analytics, and AI-powered workloads on 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, vector search, and more. It is a fully managed service that delivers OpenSearch's easy-to-use APIs and real-time capabilities along with predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads. The Amazon OpenSearch Service team designs, develops and operates software that allows customers to index, search and analyze documents at scale in a secure, responsive, and reliable environment. The team is tackling tough data, search and analytics problems. As we expand at a tremendous rate, we are looking for innovative engineers with a passion for AI, search, analytics and distributed systems to join the team: As a Senior Software Development Engineer on the Amazon OpenSearch Service team, you will: - Design, develop, and support a world-class search platform serving customers of all sizes - Produce robust, efficient, and maintainable code; our primary languages are Java and Python - Work on OpenSearch open-source software with opportunities to contribute upstream - Work on challenging problems in distributed systems, AI, data storage, query optimization, high availability, and security. - Lead architecture and design decisions, and mentor other engineers on the team - Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs - Drive algorithm and architecture design, execute and deliver results - Invent the future of search and analytics in the cloud ## Related Videos - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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