Amazon
Software Development Engineer III, AWS Field Experience (AFX)
$168K–$227K
Boston, MA · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the listed software development, programming, and design or architecture experience areas; mentoring, tech lead, or engineering-team leadership experience required.
About the job
Leads the design, implementation, and delivery of scalable software systems, setting technical direction and guiding engineers across the development lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end delivery and architectural direction, balancing delivery needs with extensibility, performance, and security.
- Collaborate with partner teams to define requirements and integrate dependent systems.
- Promote engineering best practices, use generative AI tools to improve productivity and software quality, and mentor 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 of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading 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
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
AI focus
Use generative AI tools to augment productivity and software quality.
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