Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years professional software development; 2+ years design or architecture; 1+ years software development engineer or related occupational experience; 1+ years large-scale software development using a listed language; 1+ years Object Oriented Design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Build and operate the distributed platform and user-facing experiences behind Amazon Quick, including indexing, customization, search, and enterprise governance features.
What you'll do
- Lead distributed-systems design and implementation, providing architectural guidance and balancing delivery speed with long-term design needs.
- Build agents that support onboarding and evaluation of enterprise governance across Quick features and accounts.
- Promote engineering and operational best practices, solve complex technical problems, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience involving design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 1+ years of experience developing large-scale applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; and 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.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
AI focus
The platform supports an agentic, AI-powered digital workspace with generative AI features; the role builds agents for enterprise governance onboarding and evaluation.
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