Be part of a team which is passionate about solving real world data management and governance challenges. Come build large scale distributed systems that are central to the next generation of analytics in the cloud.

AWS Lake Formation is a service that helps build and secure data lakes in a simple, scalable, server-less architecture. We are looking for software engineers to join our growing team!

As a Software Engineer in Lake formation you will:
- Enable best in class Glue Data Catalog performance as this is the catalog used by our AWS Analytics Engines.
- Solve unique and first-order problems in areas of Big Data, Distributed Systems, and Server-less data processing
- Influence and build products that will leverage scale of resources to orchestrate data management and governance
- Be catalyst to deliver a truly disruptive product while still early enough to have impact and influence

Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

About 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.

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.

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.

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.


Key job responsibilities
- Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture, design and extensible code
- Be an advocate of industry best-practices to produce reliable, fault-torrent and dependable code
- Code and test complex system modules; develop and leverage frameworks to be effective and efficient
- Participate in architecture, design and code reviews to maintain our high development standards
- Mentor other engineers, defining our challenging technical culture, and helping to build a fast-growing team




A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:

-- Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
-- Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
-- Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
-- Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.

About the team
We are builders and data people that are obsessed with our customers and take-on big challenges. We support each other and encourage different views. We also like to have a bit of fun along the way.