Backend Software Engineer - AI-Powered Cloud Connect

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build the next generation back-end services for Amazon Connect. You will own code end-to-end, from design to deployment, and work with senior engineers across AWS on scalable, reliable systems.

You’ll write production-grade Java (and related stacks), review peers, and mentor junior engineers while focusing on customer outcomes and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable backend services that power Amazon Connect's customer-facing features
• Own the full software development lifecycle for assigned projects, from technical design through deployment and operational excellence
• Write clean, testable, production-quality code (primarily Java) and conduct rigorous code reviews for peers
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and partner teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Identify and resolve complex technical problems across distributed systems, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and data consistency
• Mentor junior engineers (L4s and interns) through code reviews, design discussions, and pair programming
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational reviews, driving improvements to reduce operational burden
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmap planning for the team's services
• Write and maintain design documents, runbooks, and operational documentation

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Perl

Object Oriented Design

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build the next generation back-end services for Amazon Connect. You will own code end-to-end, from design to deployment, and work with senior engineers across AWS on scalable, reliable systems.

You’ll write production-grade Java (and related stacks), review peers, and mentor junior engineers while focusing on customer outcomes and operational excellence.