Software Development Engineer, FSx for Lustre
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $143,700 to $194,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Boston, MA
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- LocationBoston, MA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (34 min ago) · observed since
About this job
Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fast-growing AWS service that provides high-performance, cost-effective, and scalable storage powered by Lustre, the world's most popular high-performance file system. FSx for Lustre provides the fastest storage performance for GPU instances in the cloud with up to terabytes per second of throughput, millions of IOPS, sub-millisecond latencies, and virtually unlimited storage capacity. As AI/ML training and high-performance computing workloads grow rapidly, FSx for Lustre is the storage that keeps up with them. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Amazon Web Services engineering team in our Boston Seaport location as we build the foundation that powers the next generation of AI and scientific computing in the cloud!
As a Software Development Engineer, you will design and build transformative new customer experiences on Amazon FSx for Lustre. Delivering a reliable and high-performance service at AWS scale requires engineers with deep technical expertise and lots of creativity. At Amazon, we expect engineers like you to interact with customers, to understand our business goals, to innovate rapidly, and to deliver high-quality and ground-breaking functionality. Embark on a journey with us to grow the service for AWS. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to shape the future of the service at Amazon scale with a team that is super smart, driven to serve customers, and fun to work with!
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. AWS is a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon, with over a million active customers in 190 countries around the world. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any cloud workload, and it now has more than 90 services that range from compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, developer, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), security, hybrid and enterprise applications. We maintain this rapid pace of innovation by treating each team like its own independent business inside AWS, directly accountable for their customers’ satisfaction, service innovations, growth, and meeting revenue goals.
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Key job responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate highly available, cloud scale software services
- Solve complex problems for distributed systems with a diverse team of engineers
- Mentor and grow junior engineers
- Contribute to a fun, inclusive team culture
A day in the life
Our team of talented, passionate engineers use the latest in serverless and virtualization technologies to build distributed systems at AWS scale. We solve complex, varied problems to enable customers in a diverse set of businesses from AI/ML to EDA, Media & Entertainment to HPC, and enterprise IT. We build infrastructure-as-code to deploy software quickly and efficiently across the globe and automate the monitoring and health of our software at never- seen-before scale.
About the team
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, MA, Boston - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($143,700) is above 36% of the 414 Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts listed on this site; 29 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $150,000; the middle half runs from $132,250 to $172,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSoftware Development Engineer, FSx for Lustre$143,700 to $194,400
Software Developer II, Cosmos$143,700 to $194,400
Software Dev Engineer, AWS WAF Bot Control and Fraud Prevention$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer, Robotics Development and Packaging Innovation$143,700 to $194,400
SDE II, Aspen$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer, StoreGen$143,700 to $194,400
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer, FSx for Lustre (this listing) | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Developer II, Cosmos | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Dev Engineer, AWS WAF Bot Control and Fraud Prevention | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, Robotics Development and Packaging Innovation | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| SDE II, Aspen | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, StoreGen | $143,700 - $194,400 |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-07-30
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US, MA, Boston
USA, MA, Boston - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
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