Amazon
Software Development Engineer, AWS Central SDE Team
$144K–$224K
Arlington, VA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Santa Clara, CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 3+ years building complex software systems; 2+ years in system design or architecture and 2+ years developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, and services.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
About the job
Develops software for AWS teams across a range of engineering areas, with candidates considered for current and future SDE openings.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable, efficient software and implement solutions to business requirements.
- Collaborate across teams to design and ship features, and identify and resolve performance issues and bugs.
- Participate in architecture and design reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 3+ years building complex software systems.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 2+ years designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of ML frameworks including JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, and TensorRT.
- Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, and Python and/or C++ programming.
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, JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang
AI focus
Potential specialization in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Healthcare AI; preferred knowledge includes ML frameworks and Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals.
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