Software Development Engineer - Kafka

Job Description

DESCRIPTION Come build the future of data streaming with the Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team! We are seeking builders for our Amazon MSK service, a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to build and run applications thatuse Apache Kafka to process streaming data. We are looking for engineers who are enthusiastic about data streaming, and are as passionate about contributing to open source as they are about solving real customers business needs, at AWS scale. As a memberof the Amazon MSK team, you will be making contributions to the entire stack - the APIs and the workflows that make up the MSK service, the core Kafka platform, and stand-alone tools that make it easier for Kafka community to operate Kafka better. Upstreamcompatibility is a core tenet of MSK. Your code changes to the Kafka platform will be released back to open source. As a member of a new AWS service that builds on top of a popular open source technology, this is a unique opportunity to work on a team thatstraddles both worlds - open source and Amazon-internal software. You will design and build new features, make performance improvements, identify and investigate new technologies, prototype solutions, build scalable services, and test and review changes, todeliver an exceptional customer experience. The ideal candidate has experience designing large-scale systems supporting millions of transactions per second, enjoys solving complex software problems, and possesses design and problem-solving skills. Ideallyyou have an in-depth understanding of streaming data technologies like Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka, and experience with open-source data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink, or Apache Storm. Your responsibilities will include collaboratingwith other engineers to build a large scale AWS service, and work with senior leaders to define your teams roadmap, including identifying design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms. BASIC QUALIFICATIONSBachelors degree in ComputerScience (or equivalent) experienceSeveral years experience of developing production software systems, including taking product requirements through to productionSoftware engineering skills including the ability to write maintainable, and robust codein an object oriented languageProficiency in computer science fundamentals - data structures, algorithms and OO designEffective communication skills and ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, and other developersPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience building high volume and highly scalable online servicesExperience operating highly available servicesExperience with distributed systems, consistent hashing, distributed locking, checkpointing, and load balancing Experience in Java, Scala and scriptingWorking knowledge of Hadoop, MapReduce, Kafka, Kinesis, Spark or other Big Data processing platforms#Able to work in a diverse team Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employinga diverse workforce is central to our success. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Our salaries are negotiable.