Senior AWS Software Architect - AI & Insights Lead

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. invites applications for a Software Development Engineer III in AWS Specialist and Partner Insights.

The role spans front-end and back-end work within a generative-AI and agentic-engineering platform serving thousands of AWS users. As a technical lead, you will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute hands-on coding while integrating MCP, A2A, and Bedrock within a governed data lake.

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 the end-to-end design, implementation, and delivery of software systems spanning multiple features, working across the full software lifecycle from customer requirements through deployment and ongoing maintenance.
• Own your team's architectural direction by defining technical strategy, evaluating tradeoffs in scalability, maintainability, performance, and security, and ensuring the software fits cohesively into the broader system landscape.
• Collaborate with engineers on related teams to resolve cross-team dependencies, create alignment on technical approaches, and drive adoption of engineering best practices that improve code quality and development velocity.
• Mentor and coach multiple engineers by providing guidance on system design, coding practices, and career development, while actively contributing exemplary code that demonstrates best practices in organization, clarity, and error handling.

Skills

5+ years software development

5+ years design/architecture

Mentor / tech lead

Full lifecycle experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. invites applications for a Software Development Engineer III in AWS Specialist and Partner Insights.

The role spans front-end and back-end work within a generative-AI and agentic-engineering platform serving thousands of AWS users. As a technical lead, you will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute hands-on coding while integrating MCP, A2A, and Bedrock within a governed data lake.