Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and approaches—including generative AI capabilities—to recommend and adopt improvements that increase your team's productivity and code quality.
A day in the life
You might start by reviewing a design document for an upcoming feature, then move into a focused coding session where you implement and test a key component. After lunch, you join a code review, offering constructive feedback to a teammate while picking up ideas for your own work. Later, you collaborate with a product manager to clarify requirements for an upcoming sprint, and wrap up by investigating an operational metric that looks off, tracing it to a configuration change and proposing a permanent fix.
About the team
Our team builds and operates software that is central to how Amazon serves its customers. We value collaboration, technical rigor, and a genuine commitment to learning from one another. Every engineer has a voice in shaping our technical direction, and we invest in each other's growth through mentorship and inclusive decision-making. We are focused on building reliable, scalable systems and are always looking for ways to simplify and improve. If you want to work alongside thoughtful engineers who care about doing things right, we would love to hear from you.
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
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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 - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually