Decompose large efforts into parallel workstreams, enabling the team to deliver cohesively at speed
Drive technical direction across the team and influence adjacent teams (Resource Explorer, Security Hub, Weirwood, Control Tower) when projects cross boundaries
Improve platform scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency proactively — identifying problems before they become incidents
Mentor and raise the bar for L4 and L5 engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance
Participate in on-call rotation, drive root cause analysis, and build lasting operational improvements
Represent the team's technical perspective in roadmap discussions and contribute to multi-quarter planning
A day in the life
As an SDE III on the Config Reaction team, you'll define architecture for distributed systems that evaluate compliance and aggregate data at massive scale. On any given day, you might be writing a
design doc that decomposes a complex capability into parallel workstreams, leading a design review, resolving a scalability problem where constraints conflict, or aligning with engineers on adjacent teams.
You'll work closely with a dedicated Principal Engineer and operate with high autonomy — owning technical direction end-to-end.
About the team
The Config Reaction team owns the services that run on top of Config Recording and Config Rules — a platform used by enterprise customers managing millions of resources across thousands of accounts
and multiple regions. We build the systems that enable customers to continuously assess compliance, detect drift, and enforce security policy across their entire AWS environment.
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on
how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
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
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
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USA, VA, Arlington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
