Mentor and coach engineers on your team and beyond, providing technical guidance on system design, coding practices, and career development to strengthen overall team capability.
Evaluate and integrate new technologies, design patterns, and generative AI tools where appropriate to simplify systems, reduce complexity, and accelerate delivery.
A day in the life
You might start your morning reviewing a design document from a teammate, offering feedback that sharpens the approach before a broader review. By mid-morning, you are deep in code — prototyping an interface that defines the boundary between two critical components. After lunch, you join a cross-team architecture discussion to align on a shared dependency, then pivot to pair-programming with a junior engineer who is tackling a tricky edge case. Your afternoon wraps up with a quick look at operational dashboards, ensuring your services are healthy and your alarms are well-tuned.
About the team
Our team builds software that matters to AWSs customers at a global scale. We value clear communication, pragmatic problem-solving, and an inclusive environment where every engineer's perspective is heard. We invest in each other's growth through mentorship, constructive code reviews, and knowledge sharing. As we look ahead, we are focused on simplifying our systems, adopting new technologies thoughtfully, and raising the bar on operational excellence. If you want to work alongside collaborative, curious engineers who care about building things the right way, this is the team for you.
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
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
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, TX, Dallas - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
