Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer (Level 6), AWS Field Experience (AFX)
$168K–$227K
Boston, MA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years in each of the three specified areas; no separate years stated for mentoring, tech lead, or team leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Build and operate customer-facing AWS web applications, data experiences, and integrations, including generative AI and agentic features.
What you'll do
- Design and ship scalable features using large language models, retrieval, and agentic workflows; turn prototypes into production experiences.
- Integrate services and improve client- and server-side performance, maintainability, and extensibility.
- Collaborate with product and design teams, review code, propose engineering improvements, and mentor team members.
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 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
USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary; USA, MA, Boston); USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary; USA, WA, Seattle)
Tools
large language models
AI focus
Build generative AI and agentic customer experiences using large language models, retrieval, and autonomous workflows.
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