Lead SDE: Scale AI-Driven Customer Systems

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an SDE III in Seattle to lead software development for infrastructure that ingests customer signals and enables AI-driven personalization. You will own your team's architectural direction, drive scalable systems, and mentor engineers while balancing short-term delivery with long-term reliability.

You will collaborate with principal engineers and product leaders, shaping technical roadmaps and ensuring high-quality, customer-centric solutions across real-time data pipelines and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development across the full lifecycle from design to maintenance.
• Own your team's architectural direction and deliver scalable systems for Amazon customers.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Collaborate with principal engineers, applied scientists, and product leaders to translate needs into robust solutions.

Skills

Software development

Programming

Leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking an SDE III in Seattle to lead software development for infrastructure that ingests customer signals and enables AI-driven personalization. You will own your team's architectural direction, drive scalable systems, and mentor engineers while balancing short-term delivery with long-term reliability.

You will collaborate with principal engineers and product leaders, shaping technical roadmaps and ensuring high-quality, customer-centric solutions across real-time data pipelines and