Amazon
Software Development Engineer III
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, and system design or architecture areas; leadership experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
About the job
Lead cross-functional engineering work to build and operate a scalable global security service and develop secure solutions across Amazon.
What you'll do
- Build and own a scalable global security service and its technology stack.
- Define software development lifecycle best practices and lead architecture and design for complex systems.
- Collaborate with engineering and partner teams to deliver secure customer solutions.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience 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 leader of an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary)
AI focus
Work with teams to accelerate delivery of safe and secure AI models, agents, and applications.
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