Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick
$193K–$262K
Santa Clara, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated basic-qualification experience areas; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads the architecture and delivery of customer-facing Amazon Quick features, spanning user experiences, distributed services, and AWS infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction, translate ambiguous needs into plans, and lead design reviews and engineering practices.
- Build and operate highly available, scalable, and secure distributed systems; lead investigations of production issues.
- Improve AI-powered features and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript, Java, AWS
AI focus
Use generative AI tools in daily work and help improve the quality and reliability of AI-powered features.
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