Amazon
Software Development Engineer, AWS Lambda
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience qualifications; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads the design, delivery, and operation of AWS Lambda data plane systems and new serverless compute capabilities.
What you'll do
- Architect and improve highly available, low-latency systems handling Lambda traffic across AWS Regions.
- Set technical direction, solve complex problems end to end, and influence the Lambda roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and lead operational excellence, including observability, safe deployments, and incident response.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ 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
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
gRPC
AI focus
Supports Lambda capabilities for AI agents; no specific AI development responsibilities stated.
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