Amazon
System Development Engineer, Lambda/Serverless
$129K–$175K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development; 1+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Build and operate automation, tooling, and delivery systems for AWS Lambda and container services in isolated government cloud environments, improving reliability and reducing manual operational work.
What you'll do
- Build automation, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines for safe delivery of Lambda and container services in isolated environments.
- Replace manual operations with self-service tools and automated remediation; investigate system issues and drive permanent fixes through code.
- Maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability systems, and collaborate with commercial service teams on ADC-specific adaptations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 1+ years designing or architecting systems.
- Programming experience in at least one modern language, such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby; knowledge of networking, security, databases, and operating systems.
- Currently active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above; must obtain and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph or an agency-commensurate clearance after starting.
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed systems at scale or building services using AWS products.
- Experience in an Agile environment using Scrum.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, ECR, Fargate, C++, C#, Java
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