Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, MONA
$193K–$262K
Santa Clara, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 3, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in each of the three areas specified in the basic qualifications; preferred experience includes 5+ years in the full software development life cycle and 4+ years in highly scalable systems.
- Education
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Leads strategy and builds fleet-scale network controllers, automation, planning, and out-of-band management systems for AWS data centers.
What you'll do
- Shape software architecture, roadmap, and long-term strategy while designing and building in-house systems for a 1M+ device network.
- Own agentic network auto-remediation, data-center planning and network-fabric deployment, and out-of-band management services; ensure automation is safe and observable.
- Lead design reviews, mentor engineers, improve operational excellence and code quality, and participate in on-call and high-severity incident response.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 7+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 7+ years of experience 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.
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent; 4+ years of highly scalable systems experience; or experience leading design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
software-defined networking (SDN), SSH
AI focus
Own and evolve an agentic network auto-remediation controller that detects and resolves network issues automatically; the role supports data centers powering the AI revolution.
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