Software Development Engineer, AWS OpenSearch Service
Amazon · Austin, TX
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on the team responsible for the distributed control plane behind Amazon OpenSearch Service, a managed AWS search and analytics platform. Day-to-day work involves designing, building, and operating systems that handle cluster orchestration, lifecycle management, capacity provisioning, and multi-tenant infrastructure at large scale. Suits engineers comfortable reasoning about distributed systems failure modes and who want end-to-end ownership, including incident response.
Mid level · 3+ years · Austin, TX · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,950 people in the Austin, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,450–2,550
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title carries no seniority level word; advertised seniority is Unspecified. The minimum experience gate is 3+ years of professional software development, which maps to Mid-level.
The hard-required language gate ('C#, C++, Java, or Perl') is stated as a 1+ year requirement under Basic Qualifications. Java is listed as the primary language the team actually uses; C#, C++, and Perl are captured as alternatives since the JD treats them as interchangeable for the gate.
Rust, Python, and Go appear in the team's working stack narrative ('We work in Java, Rust, Python, and Go') rather than under a requirements heading, so they are marked preferred.
OpenSearch and Apache Lucene appear in product/team context sections, not as candidate gates; marked preferred.
GenAI/AI coding assistants are called out as a key responsibility expectation but appear in the job duties narrative rather than a formal qualifications section; marked preferred.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field' as a Basic Qualification — treated as a hard requirement. The Preferred Qualifications section separately mentions 'Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent,' which does not soften the Basic Qualifications gate.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range for Austin, TX only; the posting notes final pay depends on experience, qualifications, and location. Sign-on and RSUs are also part of the package but no figures are given.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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