Amazon
Software Development Engineer, AWS Central SDE Team
$144K–$224K
Santa Clara, CA +4 · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
Seattle, WA
Arlington, VA
Raleigh, NC
Cupertino, CA - Experience
- 3+ years professional software development; 2+ years systems design or architecture; 3+ years building complex software systems; 2+ years designing and developing large-scale software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
About the job
Develop and maintain software across AWS teams, designing solutions, improving performance and reliability, and collaborating on features and system architecture.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable software; implement solutions that meet business requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and ship features, and participate in architecture and design reviews.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs; contribute to process improvement and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
- 3+ years of building complex software systems experience.
- 2+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Python and/or C++ programming.
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
Pay
165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually (base salary); 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl, Python
AI focus
The requisition includes potential specialized roles in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Healthcare AI; AI work is not specified for the general SDE role.
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