Software Development Engineer, AWS Incident Tooling & Response (Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Software Development Engineer (Distributed Systems): Building the next generation of the AWS Incident Management Service (IMS) platform with an accent on reliability, multi-region availability, and automated failover. Focus on designing the data layer, authorization systems, and integrating agentic AI development practices to accelerate production delivery.

Location: Onsite in Dublin, Ireland

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in cloud computing, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence, with AWS powering millions of customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and implement service components for a multi-region, multi-tenant incident management platform.
• Own critical subsystems including the data layer, authorization, and API surface.
• Build integrations with incident automation systems and downstream event consumers.
• Drive technical design decisions, balancing reliability, performance, and delivery speed.
• Mentor other engineers and lead technical design reviews.
• Use agentic AI development practices to move quickly from concept to tested, production-ready code.

Requirements

• Professional experience in software development (non-internship).
• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or web services.
• Experience using generative AI tools to accelerate engineering workflows.
• Must be based in or able to work onsite in Dublin, Ireland.

Nice to have

• Certifications or experience in API design, cloud architecture, or service-oriented architecture.
• Experience with authorization systems such as IAM, RBAC, or attribute-based access control.
• Track record of mentoring other engineers and writing technical design documents.
• Experience with performance optimization and database design.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers employees to own them to completion.
• Opportunity to own architecture on a high-visibility platform used during AWS's most critical moments.
• Collaborative environment working alongside software, hardware, and network engineers.
• Equal opportunity employer focusing on diversity and inclusion.