Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS DynamoDB
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience requirements; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Builds performance measurement and analysis products that help DynamoDB teams identify bottlenecks and improve service efficiency, latency, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain software that measures and improves service performance.
- Build measurement products and automate integrations into SDCL; investigate and resolve software defects.
- Set team priorities, contribute technical input to business decisions, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming 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 engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; experience creating reports and interpreting metrics; knowledge of big data businesses and technical concepts.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
DynamoDB, SDCL
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