Drimva

Amazon

Software Development Engineer II, AWS Activate

$144K–$194K

Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026

Experience
3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture; 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience; 1+ years designing and developing large-scale applications; 1+ years of 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 customer-facing and internal AWS Activate applications that help startups access program benefits, manage credits, receive recommendations, and support program operations.

What you'll do

  • Develop applications and tools for the AWS Activate startup customer journey and internal workflows.
  • Build and maintain large-scale, distributed software systems and services.
  • Support features such as personalized recommendations, credit management, application processing, and customer communications.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
  • 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale applications 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.
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.

Pay

143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

C#, C++, Java, Perl, Machine Learning, LLM

AI focus

The Activate Console uses custom ML recommendation algorithms to personalize content and recommendations for startups; preferred qualifications include knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)