Software Development Engineer , IDEAS - Atlas
AWS — The world's largest cloud platform
About the role
Join us in building on AWS, for AWS! AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers. The SMGS team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. The Atlas team within the SMGS-IDEAS org is focused on building a centralized system of reference for some of the core data domains, that power the activities of our world-class selling and field teams. We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer to design and deliver solutions that combine machine learning, distributed big data technologies, and web application/service development. We're building solutions to achieve amazing feats with data, to enable us to arm our field teams with the actionable intelligence needed to engage and serve every possible AWS customer in the world, to the fullest. Key job responsibilities - Design solutions to complex and ambiguous data challenges, starting from first principles - Build highly available, secure, distributed systems in microservices, container, and distributed cluster-compute architectures - Apply Machine Learning to solve challenging data problems at scale - Work with AWS technologies such as Glue, S3, RedShift, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, Quick and more - Apply software development best practices in terms of quality and security - Utilize object-oriented software design to build scalable, maintainable systems - Contribute to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement as a member of a Scrum team - Play an instrumental role in defining system architecture, own and implement specific components, and help shape the overall user experience for a data-focused product About the team About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
- 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 - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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- First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 6 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
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