Autonomous Cloud Software Engineer, Control Plane

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Kiro Control Plane in Seattle. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and autonomous agent infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.

You will collaborate across teams, own technical direction, and mentor teammates from day one. The role emphasizes autonomy, cutting-edge AI/software engineering challenges, and immediate impact on how developers

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems design and implementation
• Experience mentoring or leading engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed systems with emphasis on reliability and performance
• Develop infrastructure and tooling to support autonomous agent workloads
• Collaborate with teams for code reviews, mentorship, and technical direction

Skills

Compute Systems

Networking Fundamentals

Systems Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Observability Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Kiro Control Plane in Seattle. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and autonomous agent infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.

You will collaborate across teams, own technical direction, and mentor teammates from day one. The role emphasizes autonomy, cutting-edge AI/software engineering challenges, and immediate impact on how developers