Impactful SDE Intern: Build Scalable Cloud Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 109,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is offering a Summer 2027 internship for students pursuing a Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM field. The program requires in-person work for 12 weeks across locations in the United States, with a focus on Cloud, distributed systems, and AI-enabled software development.

As an SDE intern, you will own parts of the project lifecycle, collaborate with senior Amazonians, and learn through hands-on building, testing, and deployment.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM field.
• Experience with Java, Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Basic knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight our customers, while participating in technical discussions to drive solutions forward.
• Break down complex, ambiguous problems into well-defined, solvable components before implementation
• Contribute to the design and development of scalable, reliable services, with distributed-systems scope varying by team.
• Participate in code reviews as a core engineering practice, providing constructive feedback and validating correctness, including for AI-generated code.
• Contribute to clear and accurate technical documentation.
• Use GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity, and critically validate, verify, and integrate AI-generated code, exercising sound judgement about when to trust AI output and when not to
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns, including AI-assisted.

Skills

Programming languages

Algorithms & data structures

AI development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Eng/DS or related STEM fields

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is offering a Summer 2027 internship for students pursuing a Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM field. The program requires in-person work for 12 weeks across locations in the United States, with a focus on Cloud, distributed systems, and AI-enabled software development.

As an SDE intern, you will own parts of the project lifecycle, collaborate with senior Amazonians, and learn through hands-on building, testing, and deployment.