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.
EVEN IF YOU ONLY MEET SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, OR BELIEVE YOU ARENT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH, WE ARE STILL INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM YOU. We believe that a solid technical foundation and a strong interest in the subject matter can make you successful on the team and we have the opportunities to help you learn and grow in this space. Knowledge and experience in related technologies are generally applicable and valuable.
About Amazon Corretto
Java is used for the majority of services in Amazon and nearly all public-facing AWS services. Because of this, we have a vested interest in running the best-possible JDK in areas like security and performance. In 2018, the AWS JDK team migrated Amazon's default JDK to OpenJDK. In order to do this we built rigorous security and quality mechanisms around OpenJDK. We are now able to apply security and Amazon custom patches to the internal OpenJDK as soon as they're available. We have also taken this knowledge and launched Amazon Corretto, Amazon's distribution of OpenJDK. With Corretto, we can make our enhancements to OpenJDK available to our customers and the OpenJDK community at large. Corretto team is composed of OpenJDK Authors, Committers, and Reviewers, some with decades of experience in JDK, languages, compilers, and managed runtimes. We learn about where to invest in OpenJDK from running some of the worlds largest Java services. We are firm believers in Open Source and are looking for like-minded people who are interested in working in the open with the community.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and were 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.
Work-Life Balance
We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for engineers at all levels to work on different aspects of the JDK. Please take a look at all jobs under vicrud@ or currdavi@ and get in touch if one of the descriptions seems to fit you even if the level isn't the same -- we'd love to chat!
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Santa Clara, CA, USA
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.
