Cloud Systems Engineer – AWS & Technical Leadership

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an experienced software engineer for the EDM team at the Seattle area. You will own critical projects end-to-end, building scalable AWS-first solutions and collaborating across product, design, and operations to deliver high-impact features.

You will design distributed systems, review code, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices while aligning with business goals. This role blends hands-on development with strategic leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership & System Design: Take full ownership of strategic projects, building scalable, low-latency products and services while designing fault-tolerant distributed systems across teams.
• Code Quality & Engineering Excellence: Deliver high-quality, cloud-first AWS solutions using technologies like Lambda, Fargate, and ML while maintaining operational excellence and identifying technical improvements.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Collaborate with and mentor junior engineers, conduct technical assessments and code reviews, and make independent medium-impact decisions while considering diverse perspectives.
• Cross-functional Impact: Convert business requirements to technical designs through stakeholder collaboration, shape product direction, and leverage worldwide platforms to build decoupled solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Technical Influence: Work with senior engineers to evolve product design, set software quality standards, and demonstrate technical influence across multiple teams while focusing on long‑term scalability.

Skills

React

AWS

Software development

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

EC2

Lambda

S3

DynamoDB

SQS

Job description

Amazon is seeking an experienced software engineer for the EDM team at the Seattle area. You will own critical projects end-to-end, building scalable AWS-first solutions and collaborating across product, design, and operations to deliver high-impact features.

You will design distributed systems, review code, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices while aligning with business goals. This role blends hands-on development with strategic leadership in a fast-paced environment.