We are hiring an Open Source Software Development Engineer to join the AWS CloudFormation team. CloudFormation is the foundational Infrastructure-as-Code service for AWS that helps customers provision and configure cloud resources in a safe and repeatable manner. We offer several open source tools that make it easier to develop and deploy CloudFormation templates, such as the CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint), CloudFormation Guard (cfn-guard), and CloudFormation Rain (rain). In addition, we also maintain an extensive collection of samples and extensions that customers can use when developing their own cloud solutions. A developer on this open source team must bring strong engineering skills, as well as a strong understanding of how open source projects are fostered. Beyond the open source projects, you will also engage with the CloudFormation developer community to understand their needs, help them adopt AWS best practices, and then share those developer needs with AWS teams to guide their product decision making. We are in the middle of a multi-year journey strengthening the foundation of the AWS provisioning experience, and adding new capabilities that transform how customers manage their infrastructure. This role is a great opportunity to be on the leading edge of both shaping those experiences and enabling customer success.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain high quality software in support of AWS CloudFormation
- Foster healthy open source projects that are responsive to the community
- Act as a developer advocate for CloudFormation customers, providing feedback to product teams to improve the developer experience
- Actively participate in online developer forums, becoming a recognized authority and trusted source of information for CloudFormation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

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

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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.