Senior SDE, AWS Specialist — AI-Driven Full-Stack Leader

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a strong technical lead to drive the end‑to‑end design and delivery of AI‑native software across front‑end and back‑end components.

The role requires hands‑on coding, architecture leadership, and mentorship across a team working on MCP and A2A integrations within a governed data lake environment. You will lead cross‑team efforts, define technical strategy, and ensure high‑quality deliverables while balancing performance, security, and maintainability.

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 of new and existing systems.
• 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

Software development

Leadership

Code reviews

Mentorship

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

MCP contracts

A2A integrations

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a strong technical lead to drive the end‑to‑end design and delivery of AI‑native software across front‑end and back‑end components.

The role requires hands‑on coding, architecture leadership, and mentorship across a team working on MCP and A2A integrations within a governed data lake environment. You will lead cross‑team efforts, define technical strategy, and ensure high‑quality deliverables while balancing performance, security, and maintainability.