Sr. Software Engineer

Senior software engineer on the DynamoDB Capacity and Customer Entitlement team in Seattle, WA (onsite), focused on production systems that automate capacity and enable fleet-scale expansion across global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define the team's engineering direction and technical roadmap
• Architect, implement, and maintain production-grade capacity management systems that optimize fleet growth across DynamoDB regions and fleets, including load balancing, routing, storage, log propagation, backups/restores, and replication
• Own the full software development lifecycle for capacity automation projects, from design docs to implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operations
• Create automated workflows to process customer capacity requests, achieving high auto-approval rates while optimizing infrastructure investment
• Develop integration points across DynamoDB architecture, building deep systems knowledge from load balancing through storage and replication
• Build monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions that reveal capacity health, usage patterns, and optimization opportunities across global infrastructure
• Participate in on-call rotations, resolve incidents with durable fixes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with DynamoDB service teams, product managers, and leadership to ensure technical solutions align with business goals
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions while promoting best practices for AI-assisted coding tools
• Influence technical direction through architecture discussions and strategic planning sessions

Requirements

• At least five years of professional software development experience (non-internship)
• Five or more years of programming in at least one software language
• Five or more years leading design or architecture efforts for new and existing systems, including patterns, reliability, and scaling
• Proven experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team

Benefits

• Sign-on incentive
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and prescription
• Basic life and AD&D insurance with option for supplemental life plans
• 401(k) with company matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mental health resources
• Medical advice line

Description

Join the DynamoDB Capacity and Customer Entitlement (CCE) team to scale one of the world's largest distributed database services. As an SDE II, design and build production systems that optimize capacity planning and fleet scaling across DynamoDB infrastructure, directly impacting millions of customers. You will own end-to-end software solutions that balance customer demand with infrastructure efficiency.

About the Team

The DynamoDB Capacity and Customer Entitlement (CCE) team ensures this critical AWS service has the capacity to serve millions of customers reliably while optimizing capital expenditures. Our mission is to build intelligent automation that balances customer demand with operational efficiency across all DynamoDB fleets. We are a collaborative, engineering-focused group that values innovation, operational excellence, and continuous learning.