Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer
$168K–$227K
N.Reading, MA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Location
- N.Reading, MA
N.reading, MA - Experience
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development; 5+ years programming; 4+ years leading design or architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field.
About the job
Develops and tests production software across the robotics stack for robots operating in Amazon fulfillment facilities, including perception, controls, and application logic.
What you'll do
- Build sensor-processing, sensor-fusion, computer-vision, and multi-sensor data-recording pipelines; develop realistic sensor simulations.
- Design, develop, and maintain robotic software in C++ and/or Python across perception, motion planning, controls, and application layers.
- Integrate and debug robotic hardware and software components, and test systems through automation, simulation, and physical robots.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 5+ years programming in at least one language.
- 4+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field; hands-on robotics or complex mechatronic software experience; proficiency in C++ and/or Python for production software.
Nice to have
- Experience with ROS/ROS2, robotics domains, real-time or embedded development, simulation tools, or deploying software on physical robots.
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, ROS/ROS2, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, LiDAR, Radar
AI focus
Develops computer-vision models and perception and sensor-fusion algorithms for robotic systems; builds sensor simulations for testing perception and control algorithms.
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