Amazon
System Development Engineer II, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications
$129K–$175K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years designing or architecting systems; 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, and operating systems, with hands-on systems engineering experience.
About the job
Designs, develops, and operates secure, reliable, scalable services for SaaS application streaming and virtual desktop delivery through Amazon WorkSpaces Applications.
What you'll do
- Build and operate customer features and internal operational improvements; participate in on-call and resolve tickets and issues.
- Review code, designs, and documents, and drive service quality and team improvements.
- Collaborate across teams, engage with customers and stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, and operating systems, plus hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals and programming experience in at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
Nice to have
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java.
- Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, API Gateway, C++, PowerShell
AI focus
The role is on a team within AWS Applied AI Solutions, but the described work is focused on application streaming and virtual desktops; no specific AI work is stated.
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