Ring is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Device Guardians team, where you'll build the foundational backend services that power device management for millions of Ring devices worldwide. As the team responsible for Device Registry, the core service managing all Ring device metadata at over 1 million transactions per second, you'll directly impact how customers interact with their Ring ecosystem through mobile apps and smart home integrations.

You'll collaborate across Ring's software, firmware, and product organizations while working with AWS technologies to solve complex distributed systems challenges. This role offers the opportunity to architect solutions that process real-time device events, trigger automated responses (like motion-activated lighting), and enable seamless device configuration experiences for Ring's growing customer base.

Key job responsibilities As a Software Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of core services at Ring that make our neighborhoods safer.

This role involves design, architecture, implementation, and operation of large-scale cloud systems. You will be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the technical direction of these services and the feature roadmap. You will leverage modern AI-powered development tools — including coding agents, AI skills, and assistive tooling — to accelerate development, improve code quality, and drive engineering productivity across the team. You will work with extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best execute on the product.

The ideal candidate:

- Has a strong foundation in software development, design patterns, and cloud computing - Has experience working with large-scale cloud systems, understanding how to architect and build them - Embraces AI-assisted development workflows, including coding agents, AI-powered code review, automated testing tools, and prompt engineering to enhance development velocity and quality - Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities - Knows what is important when shipping products to customers and has been through the process from start to finish - Promotes robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and can deliver high quality work on tight schedules - Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership and never shies away from a challenge - Actively explores and adopts emerging AI tools and technologies to continuously improve engineering workflows and team productivity

About the team We're the backbone of Ring's device ecosystem, owning the critical infrastructure that serves as the foundation other teams depend on daily.

As guardians of customer data at massive scale, we maintain Amazon's highest security standards while ensuring 99.9%+ availability for services that millions of customers rely on. Our team culture emphasizes long-term architectural thinking, code reusability, and collaborative problem-solving using diverse technologies.

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 - 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience - 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience - 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - 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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Hawthorne - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually