Senior Cloud AI Software Lead

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonuses

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Quick is shaping the next generation of AI-enabled services from AWS, Seattle. This Senior Software Development Engineer role focuses on leading the design and delivery of customer-facing AI features and scalable backend services, with emphasis on high-impact, high-visibility initiatives.

Ideal candidates will bring strong frontend and backend capabilities, leadership experience, and a track record of delivering high-quality software on tight schedules for large-scale cloud platforms.

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

• Deciding what features and performance improvements to build
• Driving software engineering best practices
• Designing distributed and scalable systems
• Providing technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development, integration, test, documentation, and support new AI Services
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, and delivering high quality software on tight schedules

Skills

Software development experience

Programming in at least one language

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Quick is shaping the next generation of AI-enabled services from AWS, Seattle. This Senior Software Development Engineer role focuses on leading the design and delivery of customer-facing AI features and scalable backend services, with emphasis on high-impact, high-visibility initiatives.

Ideal candidates will bring strong frontend and backend capabilities, leadership experience, and a track record of delivering high-quality software on tight schedules for large-scale cloud platforms.