Principal Engineer, Builder Experience (ASBX)

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Software Builder Experience (ASBX) to set technical direction across platforms and services used by thousands of builders.

You will tackle large, ambiguous problems, decompose them into durable architectures, and drive multi‑year roadmaps while mentoring senior engineers. You will influence engineering standards, collaborate with product and science leaders, and push for higher quality, reliability, and speed at scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional software development experience, including designing and architecting large-scale systems.
• Experience designing and building large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed, or highly concurrent software systems and services.
• Deep expertise in software design patterns, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, C#, or similar).
• Experience leading technical direction across multiple teams and influencing engineering decisions beyond a single team's scope.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive technical strategy for complex, high-impact platforms and services used broadly across Amazon's engineering community.
• Decompose ambiguous, large-scale problems into simple, scalable, and maintainable solutions, and define multi-year technical roadmaps.
• Lead the design and architecture of distributed systems that operate reliably at massive scale.
• Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, operational excellence practices, and mentorship of senior and principal‑track engineers.
• Partner with engineering, product, and science leaders to align technical direction with organizational goals and customer needs.
• Identify and prioritize the highest‑leverage opportunities to improve how Amazon builders develop, build, test, deploy, and operate software — including opportunities created by Generative AI and agentic development.
• Influence engineering standards and best practices across team and organizational boundaries.
• Balance long‑term transformation with incremental, measurable delivery of value.

Skills

System design

Distributed systems

Leadership

Java/C++/C#

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Software Builder Experience (ASBX) to set technical direction across platforms and services used by thousands of builders.

You will tackle large, ambiguous problems, decompose them into durable architectures, and drive multi‑year roadmaps while mentoring senior engineers. You will influence engineering standards, collaborate with product and science leaders, and push for higher quality, reliability, and speed at scale.