Amazon
Software Development Engineer, AWS Central SDE Team
$144K–$224K
Arlington, VA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Santa Clara, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 3+ years professional software development; 2+ years design or architecture; at least 1 year each in related SDE or occupational experience, specified software development, and Object Oriented Design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Build and maintain software for AWS teams, with candidates considered for current and future SDE openings across a range of engineering areas.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable software and implement solutions to business requirements.
- Collaborate on features and participate in architecture and design reviews.
- Resolve bugs and performance bottlenecks, and contribute to engineering improvement and mentorship.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience with new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- At least 1 year designing and developing large-scale applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; and at least 1 year 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.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
USD 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 annually (base salary); USD 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
AI focus
Potential roles include Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Healthcare AI; specific AI duties are not stated.
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