Cloud & Distributed Systems SDE II – Build Scalable Tech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a central pipeline of SDE talent for anticipated roles in 2026 across domains including Embedded Systems, Game Development, AI/ML, Infrastructure Services, and more, with opportunities across Twitch, AWS Elemental, and AWS CloudFront. This is a broad, long-term hiring initiative aimed at sourcing top software engineers for current and future SDE openings.

As part of the AWS SDE program, you design, develop, and maintain high-quality software, collaborate

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 3+ years building complex software systems.
• 2+ years 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture.
• 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.

Skills

Software development

Multi-threaded

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a central pipeline of SDE talent for anticipated roles in 2026 across domains including Embedded Systems, Game Development, AI/ML, Infrastructure Services, and more, with opportunities across Twitch, AWS Elemental, and AWS CloudFront. This is a broad, long-term hiring initiative aimed at sourcing top software engineers for current and future SDE openings.

As part of the AWS SDE program, you design, develop, and maintain high-quality software, collaborate