Are you ready to tackle some of the most complex challenges in cloud storage at an unprecedented scale? Join Amazon S3 as a Principal Engineer and help shape the future of storage technology that powers businesses and services across the globe.
At Amazon S3, we manage data at a scale that most can only imagine: trillions of objects, billions of TPS, and 11 nines of durability. As a Principal Engineer in S3 Keystone, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, designing and implementing solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible.
Key job responsibilities
This role offers the unique opportunity to work on technology that directly impacts millions of customers worldwide. If you're passionate about solving complex problems at massive scale and want to be at the cutting edge of cloud storage technology, we want to hear from you.
- Architect and drive the implementation of large-scale, distributed fleet automation services that manage millions of hosts.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple teams within S3, mentoring senior engineers and influencing the technical direction of the entire organization.
- Collaborate with other Principal Engineers and Sr Principals to solve complex, cross-cutting problems that impact S3 and AWS.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, promoting best practices in software development, testing, and operations across the S3 organization.
- Represent S3 in technical forums both within S3 and also across AWS, contributing to the broader tech community.
About the team
S3 Keystone provides foundational services that power AWS's largest storage fleets, managing over 2.2M hosts worldwide. We're responsible for the core infrastructure that enables AWS S3, one of the world's largest storage systems. We obsess over fleet health and innovate to drive down infrastructure costs, where even small improvements yield massive impact at our scale.
