Central SDE: Scale Cloud & AI Solutions

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Santa Clara, CA is hiring Software Development Engineers across multiple positions for 2026. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality code, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and driving architectural improvements and performance fixes.

This team focuses on AWS service areas including AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, and security. The SDE program emphasizes mentorship, learning, and staying ahead of industry trends, with

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.
• 3+ years of building complex software systems experience.
• 2+ 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.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Implement complex software solutions that meet business requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to provide technical guidance
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process enhancement
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Large-scale systems

C/C++/Java/Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Santa Clara, CA is hiring Software Development Engineers across multiple positions for 2026. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality code, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and driving architectural improvements and performance fixes.

This team focuses on AWS service areas including AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, and security. The SDE program emphasizes mentorship, learning, and staying ahead of industry trends, with