Amazon

Software Development Engineer, Region Reliability

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or CSSLP certification
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years in system design or architecture, focusing on reliability and scaling
  • Proficient in at least one programming language
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable solutions for ADC region challenges
  • Participate in the full project lifecycle from scoping to deployment
  • Improve existing tools or develop new automation through coding
  • Communicate project status and updates to stakeholders effectively

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy reimbursement coverage
Full Job Description
Application deadline: Aug 16, 2026

The Region Reliability Tooling (RRT) team is a development team within AWS Utility Computing (UC) under US Region Services. The team builds and maintains tooling and automation that enables Region Reliability Operations to scale across US Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions, supporting top ADC priorities, contractual commitments, and operational excellence.

The Region Reliability Tooling team is staffed by developers who focus on building, enhancing, and maintaining the tools and automation that power ADC Region Operations across multiple operational workflows.

This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Key job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities for this position:

- Design, develop, and implement scalable solutions to address complex challenges and enhance the performance of ADC regions or tooling gaps

- Participate in the full project lifecycle, from idealization and scoping to implementation and deployment

- Coding in various languages to improve existing tools or develop new tooling or automation.

- Communicate development project status, updates, and key milestones to stakeholders fostering transparency

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)

- 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

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

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

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, CO, Denver - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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