Amazon
Software Development Engineer Intern - Summer 2027 (USA)
$104K–$109K
Madison, WI +8 · Internship · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Madison, WI
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Denver, CO - Experience
- No minimum years specified; requires programming, data structures/basic algorithms and/or object-oriented design, and AI-assisted development tool experience.
- Education
- Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM field.
About the job
Build, test, deploy, and operate scalable software products and services as a 12-week, full-time internship, working with cross-disciplinary teams and owning code through its lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Design and develop scalable, reliable services; break complex problems into solvable components.
- Review code, write technical documentation, and contribute clean, maintainable code.
- Participate in CI/CD, on-call, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution.
What they ask for
- Be at least 18 and enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM field.
- Have experience with at least one general-purpose programming language and with data structures, basic algorithms, and/or object-oriented design principles.
- Have experience using AI-assisted development tools in an academic or professional setting.
- Have an expected degree conferral date between October 2027 and September 2029, with at least one academic term remaining after the internship; commit to 40 hours/week for 12 weeks.
Nice to have
- Previous technical internship or demonstrated project experience.
- Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS), SQL and NoSQL databases, AI development tools, open-source projects, or version control systems.
Pay
109,395.00 USD Annually (base salary); 103,955.00 USD Annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, TypeScript, AWS
AI focus
Use GenAI and AI-powered development tools to improve productivity; critically validate, verify, and integrate AI-generated code, including through code review.
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