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Description

Are you passionate about Open Source? Would you like to work on a widely-used project used to run critical services across the Internet? Are you curious about new technologies, especially around operating systems, hardware platforms, deployment technologies, infrastructure, and automation? The Amazon Corretto team is looking for engineers to work on features in these areas for the Corretto OpenJDK distribution.

As a Software Development Engineer on the team, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining, enhancing, and releasing Corretto JDK. You will actively participate in the OpenJDK and Corretto user communities, work on mission-critical infrastructure, automation, tooling, and hardware. You will develop best practices, refine operational procedures, scale operations, and continuously identify growth areas within the existing frameworks, tools, and processes to develop new technical mechanisms to optimize our operations. You will learn about new operating systems, platforms, and AWS services. You will deep dive to root cause customer issues and work closely with top engineers at Amazon and service owners who provide Corretto-based services to meet customer needs.

An ideal candidate is autonomous, detail-oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, and has experience in designing, building, delivering, and maintaining critical software systems. You will guide the entire lifecycle of releases, from creation to deployment, ensuring the security of the release process and fostering a security-aware culture. This position offers the unique opportunity to contribute to OpenJDK, an open-source software used by hundreds of millions of developers.

About the team

The Amazon Corretto JDK team owns Amazon’s public distribution of the open-source OpenJDK project. We provide certified, thoroughly tested OpenJDK builds for both internal Amazon services and external customers across a wide range of operating systems and architectures. Our engineers are active contributors to the OpenJDK community, developing new features, submitting bug fixes, and backporting enhancements to upstream projects. The Corretto team is composed of OpenJDK Authors, Committers, and Reviewers, some with decades of experience in JDK internals, language design, compilers, and managed runtimes.

Because Java powers the majority of Amazon’s services and nearly all public-facing AWS offerings, we have a vested interest in delivering the most secure, high-performance JDK. By sharing our enhancements with customers and the broader open-source community, we ensure our work benefits everyone. We leverage insights gained from running some of the world’s largest Java deployments to guide our investments. As firm believers in open source, we’re looking for like-minded engineers who thrive on transparency, community engagement, and delivering production-quality software in the open.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring, constructive design and code reviews. We care about career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer.

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

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.