Amazon

Software Development Engineer III, AWS Transactional Services (Database & Distributed Systems)

Amazon$168K — $227K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software development experience in a professional setting
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language
  • 5+ years of experience in design or architecture of systems
  • Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and managing an engineering team
  • Familiarity with full software development lifecycle processes

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and architecture for high-performance distributed systems
  • Own complex technical challenges, guiding projects from inception to production
  • Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for foundational services
  • Collaborate with cross-team partners to manage dependencies and deliver results
  • Mentor junior engineers through hands-on coaching and reviews
  • Define best practices to improve engineering standards and operational excellence

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support
Full Job Description
As a Sr. SDE, you\'ll be a technical leader on a team of 12 engineers. You\'ll set the technical direction for critical services, drive cross-team architecture decisions, and own the delivery of our most complex, ambiguous projects. You\'ll partner closely with Principal Engineers and your engineering manager to define the roadmap, and you\'ll mentor SDE-I and SDE-II engineers to raise the bar across the team.

If you want to lead the design and evolution of distributed systems at AWS scale - not just contribute to them - this is the role.

Key job responsibilities

- Lead the design and architecture of highly available, low-latency distributed log and database systems that process millions of writes per second for AWS\'s most critical services.

- Own the team\'s most complex and ambiguous technical problems - define the approach, drive consensus, and deliver end-to-end from problem statement through production.

- Set technical direction across multiple foundational services, making architecture decisions that balance performance, durability, and operational simplicity.

- Lead multi-year, cross-team efforts with high-profile partner teams such as S3 - driving alignment, managing dependencies, and delivering results across organizational boundaries.

- Mentor and develop SDE-I and SDE-II engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on pairing - building the team\'s next generation of senior engineers.

- Raise the engineering bar by defining best practices, driving operational excellence, and shaping the team\'s technical culture.

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

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

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Amazon Careers

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