Cloud-Native SDE Lead: Architecture, Strategy & Mentorship

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to join our Engineering Services team in Seattle. You will own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and deliver cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure for customer integrations.

You will mentor engineers, influence design decisions, and ensure secure, scalable solutions while advancing AWS development practices with customers. Occasional travel ~20% may be required.

Responsibilities

• Own team-level architecture, providing system-wide design guidance and ensuring solutions are well-designed, extensible, performant, and secure
• Lead projects requiring the work of multiple engineers; drive technical strategy and make one-way-door technical decisions with sound judgment
• Design and deliver working software systems spanning the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
• Set and drive adoption of engineering best practices on the team — code organization, clarity, simplicity, error handling, documentation, and operations
• Solve complex problems with multiple risks and roadblocks using solutions that are as simple as possible; clearly explain problems to others in simple, concise terms
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term architectural requirements; proactively simplify code and resolve architecture deficiencies
• Build consensus across the team and related teams when confronted with differing technical viewpoints
• Actively coach and mentor multiple engineers; grow the team through recruiting, assessing, and providing career guidance
• Communicate technical designs and decisions effectively in writing for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ensure your team has strong operational practices: alarms, telemetry, runbooks, and retrospective/COE processes
• Obtain/maintain AWS Certifications
• Occasional travel to customer sites (~20%)

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to join our Engineering Services team in Seattle. You will own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and deliver cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure for customer integrations.

You will mentor engineers, influence design decisions, and ensure secure, scalable solutions while advancing AWS development practices with customers. Occasional travel ~20% may be required.