Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Technology
SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AWSIdentity,IAMDataPlane-CredentialsDistributionSystems
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“Software Development Engineer, AWS Identity, IAM Data Plane - Credentials Distribution Systems at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Distributed systems, Cloud security, Infrastructure development. Design credential distribution system. Build credential distribution system”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot issues; Root cause analysis
On-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years software development experience, 2+ years system design/architecture, 1+ years large-scale software development, 1+ years Object Oriented Design, Experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl
Nice to Have
3+ years full SDLC experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science
What You'll Do.
Design credential distribution system
Build credential distribution system
Operate credential distribution system
Improve system reliability
Improve system scalability
Improve system security
Build risk prevention mechanisms
Simplify credential management
Build adoption features
Build adoption tooling
Drive operational excellence
Reduce operational toil
Improve mean time to resolution
Collaborate with partner teams
Drive credential migration
Drive credential adoption
Troubleshoot distributed systems issues
Resolve distributed systems issues
Participate in on-call rotations
Contribute to incident response
Contribute to root cause analysis
Contribute to corrective action
Contribute to system design
Contribute to architecture decisions
Improve engineering productivity
Raise bar on operational efficiency
Raise bar for engineering quality
Develop testing practices
Create technical documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner teams; Service teams
Communication Scope
Technical documentation
Full Job Description
What does it take to distribute billions of security credentials every day to every host across Amazon’s infrastructure - without ever going down? That's the challenge at the core of this role. As a Software Development Engineer on the AWS Credentials Distribution Systems (CreDS) team, you'll build and operate the IAM role credential distribution platform for Amazon's internal infrastructure — a tier-0 system that every single service team across the company depends on. Your work ensures that hosts receive short-lived, least-privilege credentials seamlessly, eliminating the operational burden of credential rotation at Amazon's scale. Your primary focus will be keeping this system secure, scalable, and resilient — designing for failure and driving automation. You'll also work backwards from internal customers to simplify credential management, building features and tooling that make adoption seamless and effortless for service teams. Strong ownership and operational excellence are essential to succeed in this role. If you're passionate about distributed systems, cloud security, and building infrastructure that thousands of teams depend on every day, this is the role for you. Key job responsibilities - Design, build, and operate a tier-0 credential distribution system that serves every service team across Amazon's internal infrastructure - Own and continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and security — proactively identifying risks and building mechanisms to prevent recurring issues - Work backwards from internal customers to simplify credential management, building features and tooling that make adoption seamless and effortless - Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring improvements, and runbook development — reducing operational toil and improving mean time to resolution - Collaborate with partner teams across Amazon to drive credential migration and adoption goals - Troubleshoot and resolve complex distributed systems issues across m
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