Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Agentic Workspaces - Watchtower
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years each in system design or architecture, large-scale software development using a listed language, software development engineering or a related occupation, and Object Oriented Design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Design, build, and operate Watchtower services that monitor, secure, and maintain Amazon WorkSpaces, including workspaces used by AI agents.
What you'll do
- Deliver Watchtower features and systems end to end, from design through deployment and operations.
- Improve system performance, reliability, security, and operational practices.
- Help develop teammates’ technical skills and expertise.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship system design or architecture experience, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 2+ years designing and developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; and 2+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; experience programming in at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Experience building complex software systems successfully delivered to customers.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
AI focus
Build and operate secure, monitored WorkSpaces used by AI agents; the team also develops Agentic AI platforms for qualifying operating system instances and applications.
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