Identify and prioritize the highest-leverage opportunities to improve how Amazon builders develop, build, test, deploy, and operate software — including opportunities created by Generative AI and agentic development.
Influence engineering standards and best practices across team and organizational boundaries.
Balance long-term transformation with incremental, measurable delivery of value.
A day in the life
You spend your time where the hardest technical problems are. You dive deep into architecture, write and critique design documents, and get close to the technology to understand root causes. You are frustrated by inefficiencies that make building software unnecessarily difficult, and you channel that into durable solutions. You move fluidly between hands-on technical work and high-leverage influence — unblocking teams, aligning stakeholders, and mentoring the next generation of technical leaders. You think in terms of systems and in terms of the builder's experience, and you consistently simplify complexity rather than add to it.
About the team
Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) is the AWS organization dedicated to improving the experience of software builders across Amazon. ASBX owns the foundational platforms, tools, and services that Amazon's engineering community uses to design, build, test, deploy, and operate software — at a scale measured in millions of operations every day.
Amazon builders are both our customers and our proving ground: the systems ASBX creates are used by thousands of engineers to ship features for Amazon's customers worldwide. Our teams work across the full software development lifecycle — source control, build systems, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), testing and verification, developer tooling, and the broader developer productivity ecosystem.
We are operating at an inflection point. Generative AI and coding agents are fundamentally reshaping how software is created, reviewed, and released. ASBX is at the forefront of reimagining developer tooling for an AI-native future — where both human and AI builders collaborate to produce software faster, more safely, and at greater scale than ever before. This creates a rare opportunity to influence the direction of software engineering practice across one of the world's largest and most sophisticated development communities.
Extensive professional software development experience, including significant experience designing and architecting new and existing large-scale systems.
Demonstrated experience designing and building large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed, or highly concurrent software systems and services.
Deep expertise in software design patterns, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, C#, or similar).
Experience leading technical direction across multiple teams and influencing engineering decisions beyond a single team's scope.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience as a Principal Engineer or equivalent senior technical leadership role at scale.
Experience building developer-facing platforms, tools, or services (e.g., source control, CI/CD, build systems, testing/verification, or developer productivity tooling).
Experience applying Generative AI or agentic approaches to software development, tooling, or developer productivity.
Experience building services on AWS.
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and growing technical leaders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical trade-offs clear to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, CA, Cupertino - 230,100.00 - 311,200.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Santa Clara - 230,100.00 - 311,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 200,100.00 - 270,600.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 200,100.00 - 270,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 200,100.00 - 270,600.00 USD annually
