Sr. Software Dev Engineer, AWS EKS
Company: Amazon Web Services
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Amazon Web Services is looking for Sr. Software Development
Engineer to join our growing Amazon Elastic Container Services for
Kubernetes (EKS) team. Amazon EKS is our managed Kubernetes service
that makes it easy for customers to use Kubernetes without needing
to become experts in provisioning and operating Kubernetes. EKS
manages time-consuming administrative tasks like setting up,
operating, scaling and updating Kubernetes freeing customers up to
focus on their applications. EKS Compute team provides various
options to help customer connect and run their workloads to their
EKS clusters. EKS Auto, EKS Hybrid Nodes, Managed Node Groups, EKS
Fargate and open source Karpenter. You will be joining a fast paced
team working on greenfield projects, and make it easier for
customers to run compute workloads on EKS clusters. You will be
solving challenging technical problems, often ones not solved
before, alongside with peers with remarkable technical expertise.
The solutions you build will be high impact and rolled out to our
large customer base across the world. If you are excited to work in
a dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you! This
position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week
every two months. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the
night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are
fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve
the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice.
Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new
members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and
we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and
mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and
thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth
and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team
member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to
take on more complex tasks in the future. - 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 Amazon is an
equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected
status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the
best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a
workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and
hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding
process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more
information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed,
please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for
this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include
sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
compensation will be determined based on factors including
experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers
comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental,
vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option
for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical
Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy
Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and
parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at
https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 -
227,400.00 USD annually
Keywords: Amazon Web Services, Sammamish , Sr. Software Dev Engineer, AWS EKS, IT / Software / Systems , Seattle, Washington
