Senior SDE: Fulfillment Planning & Execution

Amazon; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer to join the Fulfillment Planning and Execution team in Arlington, VA.

You will design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems that translate demand into actionable plans for material procurement, data center capacity, and rack deployment, ensuring reliability and scalability across AWS infrastructure. The role requires leadership in architecture and design, mentorship of engineers, and collaboration with global teams to deliver

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

• Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems that power AWS infrastructure fulfillment planning and execution.
• Architect solutions that detect and explain deviations between build plans and execution outcomes, enabling proactive intervention.
• Drive technical vision and strategy for plan-to-execution convergence — making planning and execution progressively more aligned.
• Write high-quality, modular, testable code and set the standard for engineering excellence on the team.
• Solve complex architecture and business problems with extensible, scalable solutions built on native AWS services.
• Formally mentor engineers on design, coding, operational excellence, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with demand planning, supply chain operations, and partner engineering teams in a global environment.
• Influence technical decisions across the broader Infrastructure Supply Chain Automation organization.

Skills

5+ years software development

Mentor / tech lead

Architecture design

Plan-to-execution

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer to join the Fulfillment Planning and Execution team in Arlington, VA.

You will design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems that translate demand into actionable plans for material procurement, data center capacity, and rack deployment, ensuring reliability and scalability across AWS infrastructure. The role requires leadership in architecture and design, mentorship of engineers, and collaboration with global teams to deliver