We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our team and drive the next generation of our data platform and AI powered products at AWS scale. You will own end to end design, implementation, and operation of distributed systems that process petabyte scale data daily, serve hundreds of internal customers, and directly influence how AWS leadership makes decisions.
This is a high impact role where you will shape the architecture of both products, building workflow orchestration systems, multi agent AI frameworks, GenAI powered analytics capabilities, and scalable platform services. You will operate at the intersection of distributed systems, data engineering, and applied AI/ML.
Key job responsibilities
Own and evolve system architecture. Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost effective distributed systems for workflow orchestration and AI powered analytics. Make sound technical trade offs between short term delivery and long term maintainability.
Drive architectural decisions that impact petabyte scale data processing and thousands of jobs.
Build multi agent AI systems. Design, implement, and optimize multi agent architectures including autonomous agents, orchestration frameworks, and tool integrations
Build reusable components, APIs, and micro-services that other teams adopt. Continuously simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks across the stack.
Drive platform capabilities end to end. Own features from concept through deployment and operation. Examples include building new marketplace and IDE experiences, implementing validated query patterns, designing cross service governed metrics, or creating real time monitoring dashboards.
Solve complex ambiguous problems. Navigate unclear requirements and competing priorities to deliver innovative solutions.
Influence technical direction and mentor others. Provide technical leadership across the team and adjacent teams.
Drive operational excellence. Own the operational health of production systems.
Innovate with AI/ML technologies. Stay current with GenAI, LLM, and ML advancements.
A day in the life
As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will work closely with your customers and stakeholders to understand their analytics needs, translating them into scalable technical solutions on our data platform. You will work with cross functional teams including data engineers, applied scientists, product managers, and business analysts. You will design and build distributed systems that orchestrate thousands of daily workflows and process petabyte scale data across AWS services. ou will spend time writing and reviewing code, diving deep into production issues, and mentoring engineers on best practices. You will participate in architecture design and review meetings to hold a high standard for our infrastructure. You will balance building new capabilities with operational excellence, ensuring our systems are reliable, secure, and performant at scale.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ 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
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
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, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
