# Software Development Engineer, BigMesh, Traffic Engineering

Want to build a Service Mesh that powers Amazon at scale? Amazon Traffic Engineering delivers managed compute and networking solutions that help engineers build secure, highly available, and scalable services - all on top of AWS technologies. We drive the foundational infrastructure, tools, and best practices behind Amazon's global SOA expansion. As an SDE on the BigMesh team, you'll build centralized traffic management and networking solutions handling security, authentication, authorization, load balancing, and routing for Amazon's most critical services. Your work will directly improve availability, efficiency, and developer productivity by turning complex SOA concerns into managed abstractions that "just work." We use Golang, Rust, and Java. If you're new to any of these, our onboarding will get you up to speed. Come help make developing software at Amazon more seamless and flexible! Key job responsibilities - Own the full software development lifecycle for Service Mesh features, from design through implementation, testing, and production readiness. - Write high-quality, maintainable code in Golang, Rust, or Java that meets Amazon's engineering standards. - Collaborate with pro

- **Id**: 4303167
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-software-development-engineer-bigmesh-traffic-engineering-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T04:53:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 31
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4890
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Transport Infrastructure, Advertising, Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4651
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.889
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 143700
- **Max**: 194400
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 194400

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 31

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T04:53:22Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 61
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.81
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 31
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:late, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T06:24:19Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 194400
- **Is top pay**: yes

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