Amazon
Senior
Build greenfield distributed AWS infrastructure systems from scratch
Interview for a Senior SDE role in AWS Infrastructure Services, the org that runs the design and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. This specific team is standing up greenfield large-scale distributed applications using reactive microservices, serverless computing, and distributed NoSQL stores.
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What this interview tests
- Greenfield distributed system design (reactive microservices, serverless, NoSQL)
- Leading architecture and design decisions for new systems
- Writing modular, testable, production-quality code
- Fundamental algorithms and system design reasoning
- Mentoring junior engineers on design and troubleshooting
Common question themes
Design a large-scale distributed system from scratch — walk through your choice of serverless vs. microservices vs. NoSQL and why
Describe an architecture decision you led that had to balance reliability, scaling, and cost
How do you structure code to keep it modular and testable in a fast-moving greenfield project
Tell me about mentoring a junior engineer through a design or coding problem
How would you approach solving a complex, ambiguous architecture problem with no existing precedent on the team
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