Cloud Software Engineer (SDE) – Build Scalable Cloud Solutions

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is building a central pipeline of SDE talent for anticipated 2026 roles across areas including Embedded Systems, Game Development, AI/ML, and Cloud Infrastructure. This position supports current and future SDE openings across teams such as Twitch and AWS CloudFront in Arlington, VA.

The role emphasizes designing, developing, and maintaining scalable software, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers while staying updated with evolving AWS technologies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture of new and existing systems
• 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
• 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
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Distributed systems

Embedded systems

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

JAX

PyTorch

vLLM

SGLang

Dynamo

TorchXLA

TensorRT

Python

Job description

Amazon is building a central pipeline of SDE talent for anticipated 2026 roles across areas including Embedded Systems, Game Development, AI/ML, and Cloud Infrastructure. This position supports current and future SDE openings across teams such as Twitch and AWS CloudFront in Arlington, VA.

The role emphasizes designing, developing, and maintaining scalable software, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers while staying updated with evolving AWS technologies.