Principal Software Architect: Scale & Impact

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead on our most demanding, cross‑functional projects. You will set technical direction, drive architecture, and mentor engineering teams while delivering high‑impact systems at scale.

You will work across cloud, devices, and on‑premise platforms, balancing technical leadership with pragmatic business judgment to deliver customer‑obsessed solutions. This role requires 12+ years of hands‑on engineering experience and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands‑on professional engineering development experience.
• Technical leadership and mentorship experience of engineering teams.
• Deep hands‑on technical expertise in at least one major technical area: large scale full stack development, building distributed systems, designing massive global networks, embedded systems or complex hardware

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding, cross‑functional projects.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight‑forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system inter‑dependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. You are a visionary leader, builder and an operator.
• Balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead on our most demanding, cross‑functional projects. You will set technical direction, drive architecture, and mentor engineering teams while delivering high‑impact systems at scale.

You will work across cloud, devices, and on‑premise platforms, balancing technical leadership with pragmatic business judgment to deliver customer‑obsessed solutions. This role requires 12+ years of hands‑on engineering experience and strong leadership.