Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Agentic AI, Velocity Labs
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience requirements; leadership experience also required, with no duration specified.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Designs and builds foundational AI primitives and customer-facing services, shipping features from concept through implementation, rollout, and support to help customers understand and troubleshoot AWS applications.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and support AI primitives and user-facing services.
- Create and review system designs, ensuring software quality and project schedules.
- Contribute to team planning and product direction, using AI-enabled tools throughout the product lifecycle.
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 the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
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
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
AI focus
Builds agentic AI primitives and foundational AI services; uses AI-enabled tooling across the product lifecycle.
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