Principal Engineer - Builder Experience Architect & Leader

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 298,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in New York is seeking a Principal Engineer to set technical direction for large-scale platforms used by thousands of Amazon builders.

You will lead multi-team architectural decisions, mentor senior engineers, and shape the developer experience at scale. You will drive multi-year roadmaps, spearhead design reviews, and collaborate with product, science, and engineering leaders to deliver durable, high-impact solutions that balance long-term transformation

Qualifications

• Extensive professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and architecting large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in software design patterns, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive technical strategy for complex platforms and services used across Amazon’s engineering community.
• Decompose ambiguous problems into scalable, maintainable solutions and define multi-year roadmaps.
• Lead the design and architecture of distributed systems that operate reliably at massive scale.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering decisions beyond a single team.
• Partner with engineering, product, and science leaders to align technical direction with goals and customer needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve builder experience, testing, deployment, and operations, including AI-enabled improvements.
• Influence engineering standards and best practices across teams and org boundaries.

Skills

Large-scale systems

Distributed systems

Software design patterns

Java

C++

C#

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in New York is seeking a Principal Engineer to set technical direction for large-scale platforms used by thousands of Amazon builders.

You will lead multi-team architectural decisions, mentor senior engineers, and shape the developer experience at scale. You will drive multi-year roadmaps, spearhead design reviews, and collaborate with product, science, and engineering leaders to deliver durable, high-impact solutions that balance long-term transformation