Senior Software Development Engineer, Outposts
Amazon • Arlington, Virginia, United States
No Relocation
Posted: July 16, 2026
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Description
- The Amazon Web Services EC2 team located in Herndon, VA is actively recruiting for experienced Senior Software Engineers interested in working on two new projects we announced at re:invent; Outpost and
Description
- The Amazon Web Services EC2 team located in Herndon, VA is actively recruiting for experienced Senior Software Engineers interested in working on two new projects we announced at re:invent; Outpost and Wavelength. Outpost brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operation models to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility. Wavelength brings AWS services to the edge of the 5G network, minimizing the latency to connect to an application from a mobile device. These are exciting, challenging new product that has the potential to re-define the industry. As a member of the team, you will: - own system architecture and development for product initiatives and feature development - Learn and develop global web services, at scale - Work with diverse teams throughout Amazon to deliver compute at the edge - Build the future and have fun doing it AWS is the fastest growing division within Amazon. Help us revolutionize the Cloud! Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a “typical” day, software engineers might whip up a prototype to prove or disprove an idea, instrument code to report a new metric, talk with customers, code up a feature, or draft a proposal for a radical new idea. For detailed info regarding the products that EC2 Networking (Herndon, VA) is working on please visit: http://aws.amazon.com/outpost http://aws.amazon.com/wavelength http://aws.amazon.com/ec2 http://aws.amazon.com/vpc
Basic Qualifications
- - 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