Amazon
Software Development Engineer III, Amazon Privacy Services
$168K–$250K
Austin, TX +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
New York, NY - Experience
- 5+ years for each of the first three basic qualifications; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader is also required.
About the job
Leads the design and delivery of scalable privacy engineering systems that automate compliance, enforce data-protection policies, and collect regulatory evidence across Amazon services.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy and architecture; make system-wide design decisions and architectural trade-offs.
- Lead large engineering projects, simplify existing systems, and deliver secure, maintainable, scalable solutions.
- Establish engineering standards and mentor and coach engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with 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 leader of an engineering team.
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
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary); 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
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