Software Development Engineer, AWS Identity, IAM Data Plane - Credentials Distribution Systems

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

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Childcare support

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Learning budget

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Verification

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Salary

$144K-$194K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

45% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Equity

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About this role

Software Development Engineer, AWS Identity, IAM Data Plane - Credentials Distribution Systems Seattle, Washington, USA 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

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