Senior AWS DevOps Engineer — Self-Correcting Agent Platform

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to help lead the AWS DevOps Agent platform, turning a fast-growing agent ecosystem into a self-improving, verifiable system. This role is based in the U.S.

West region and will influence architecture across three core teams. You will work across System of Context, Investigation Agent, and Evaluation, owning decisions on memory lifecycle, concurrent reasoning, and boundary between self-correct and escalation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 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

• You will lead the design and delivery of platform-level capabilities spanning multiple teams, including event-driven context freshness, concurrent fast and slow investigation, and real-time evaluation checks.
• You will take on problems where the customer need is understood but the right technical approach is not, owning technical decisions with system-wide consequences around memory lifecycle, retrieval strategy, model-aware routing, and the boundary between what an agent should self-correct versus elevate.
• You will drive design reviews across System of Context, Investigation Agent, and Evaluation, making sure the three converge on one coherent architecture.
• You will stay hands-on, personally driving the highest-leverage code and code reviews, including the prototype that sets direction, the interface that defines a team boundary, and the fix that restores operational stability.
• You will mentor and raise the bar for engineers across the three teams, and partner with Product, Applied Science, and adjacent AWS teams to turn research and strategy into shipped, measurable improvements.

Skills

5+ years of professional software

5+ years of programming experience

5+ years of design/architecture

Mentor / tech lead experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to help lead the AWS DevOps Agent platform, turning a fast-growing agent ecosystem into a self-improving, verifiable system. This role is based in the U.S.

West region and will influence architecture across three core teams. You will work across System of Context, Investigation Agent, and Evaluation, owning decisions on memory lifecycle, concurrent reasoning, and boundary between self-correct and escalation.